Dedicated to Connie

Dedicated to Connie Artist: The Modern Jazz Quartet
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 075678276323
EAN: 0075678276323
ASIN: B000002J4T


Release Date: 1995-05-30

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  1. And and and another
  2. Cool (West Coast) Jazz Masterpieces
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Tracks:

  1. The Little Comedy/La Cantarice/Harlequin/Fontessa
  2. 'Round Midnight
  3. Cylinder
  4. Bag's Groove
  5. Odds Against Tomorrow
  6. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  7. A Social Call

Tracks:

  1. Django
  2. I Should Care
  3. How High The Moon
  4. Colombine/Pulcinella
  5. Spanish Steps
  6. Pyramid (Home For Junior)
  7. Milt Meets Sid
  8. I Remember Clifford
  9. Vendome
  10. Skating In Central Park

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The True Holy Liturgy.......2006-02-04

Jazz is many things to many minds. MJQ's music, such as this fine double, occupies the very hightest strata of musical nourishment. The compositions of John Lewis, represented here, have guided this listener through personal and national calamity & grace equally. Their music is in my bones. The swinging is so sublime. Their tonal pictures are soft and easy through the changes. This particular album is for me nearly tied for first. That would be their European Concert done weeks earlier in Scandinavia. May they soothe the Collective Soul forever.

5 out of 5 stars MJQ Captures the moment.......2005-04-14

Having purchased various MJQ recordings throughout the years, I relish the fact that now there are recordings released that years ago I would have only dream of.

I'm thrilled with this release; it's one such recording that captures a moment, a time. Even the location has significance. They were dark and yet exciting times for Slovenia and that part of Europe. Interesting how MJQ had a large following there. This recording shows how appreciative the audience is of that form of American music called Jazz. The music is somber, creative and yet filled with moments of swing and bop.

My only encounters with MJQ live were in 1982 & 1985. The sound was some what different then as they were at the end of an extinguished career.

This concert, the music chosen and how they performed it is simply breath taking. Mr. Bolden here in another review said it well.

I would only add that this music is ageless and it captures the essence of what is sometimes billed as "America's Classical Music".

5 out of 5 stars The MJQ at Their Best.......2004-07-29

This excellent 2-CD set provides an invaluable record of what the Modern Jazz Quartet sounded like at the height of their powers and under circumstances that must have been close to ideal: performing live in concert before an appreciative but discriminating audience. Fortunately, they were also blessed, on this occasion, with very good acoustics and a talented recording engineer. The resulting document is monaural, but it has terrific clarity, warmth, and presence.

All in all, this is probably the best representation of what the Modern Jazz Quartet was all about that is currently available. ("European Concert," which was recorded during the same tour, is also extremely good, though not quite as comprehensive; unfortunately, it is currently out of print.)

5 out of 5 stars MJQ in top form.......1999-12-16

In the very brief notes that accompany this album John Lewis asserts that after going over many of the MJQ's tapes that were recorded all over the world he settled for the one made in Slovenia in 1960 and that in his opinion the MJQ never played better anywhere. This is not mere hype; it is practically a statement of fact. They are in peak form on this outing with crisp, living presence sound. Intellectual jazz at its finest but don't get the idea that the album is stodgy; these gentlemen can really swing and prove it. Highly recommended to lovers of class jazz and MJQ aficionados

5 out of 5 stars Fine Concert.......1999-07-20

John Lewis has described this as one of the finest MJQ concerts ever. He probably is not wrong.

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