Pyramid (Modern Jazz Quartet album)
| Pyramid | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | August 22 & 25, 1959; December 21, 1959; January 15, 1960 | |||
| Venue | Music Inn, Lenox, MA (August 1959) | |||
| Studio | Capitol Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:24 | |||
| Label | Atlantic 1325 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
| Modern Jazz Quartet chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1959-60 and released on the Atlantic label.[5]
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review states "The MJQ had become a jazz institution by this time, but they never lost their creative edge, and their performances (even on the remakes) are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, and fresh".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Vendome" (John Lewis) - 2:30
- "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) - 10:46
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:02
- "Django" (John Lewis) - 4:36
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:15
- "Romaine" (Jim Hall) - 7:28
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
- ^ DeMichael, Don (26 May 1960). "Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. pp. 34, 36.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1014
- ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012
