A Milanese Story (Original Soundtrack) by John Lewis, released in 1962 on Atlantic
From the back cover: "This album is the original soundtrack for the Italian film 'Una Storia Milanese,' directed by Eriprando Visconti, and starring Enrico Thibaut & Danielle Gaubert."
Original Sin (subtitled Music for Ballet Composed by John Lewis) is an album in the third stream genre composed by John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1961.
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer criticised the sound balance on the opening track – "it very rapidly becomes a concerto for cymbal and small band" – and condemned the inconsistency of the music: "The first variation of Part 2 is unabridged musical comedy pit band. But the tantalizing thing is that Variation 2 is a clever, self-sustaining, unified, and original little composition. Variation 3 sounds like a fashion show, but Variation 4 is a lovely, light, unpretentious piece, and Variation 5 is simple, stark, and well composed[,] reminiscent of Aaron Copland at his best."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2wW7qPybY&list=PLxfjLVaTZsg0Q_UUhYTeBhBz6Sk3OwTN6&index=1
#DemandezLeProgramme :
1961 - Modern Jazz Quartet - tour of Europe
John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vib), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (dr)
Modern Jazz Quartet - "Fontessa" (1956)
Nabbed a stereo copy of this today at the thrift store.
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Milt Jackson Quintet featuring Ray Brown - "That's the Way It Is: Recorded "Live' at Shelley's Manne-Hole" (1969)
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Milt Jackson - "Plenty, Plenty Soul" (1957)
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Check out Milt Jackson's solo break on "A Night in Tunesia" at 1:10. It kicks the song into another gear, and the crowd eats it up.
The Modern Jazz Quartet is artist of the week over at the new Mastodon instance for jazz people, Jazztodon.com. Come join the friendly group and tell us your favorites by the #MJQ.
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Artist of the week on Jazztodon.com: the Modern Jazz Quartet! What are some of your favorite recordings or memories of the MJQ?
Of course they could swing fast and hard, with Milt Jackson on vibes as the turbo-charged engine, but they were also balanced by John Lewis' cerebral classical touch. Check out this delicate and beautiful ballad, "Cortege."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fYY9vhXV-E
I have a large collection of MJQ LPs that are very hard to find these days.
I also have the Mosaic Records set entitled "The Complete Atlantic Records Studio Recordings of the Modern Jazz Quarter 1956-1964" in CD which fills the gaps in that collection.
It's long out of print but, if you don't have it and if you're interested, copies of it are available for purchase on eBay and on discogs.
I first heard this 56 years ago, Bachianas Brasileira by the #mjq and love it still. https://youtu.be/hZQTjRJdvig
I am sure #bach would have appreciated this performance of the aria from the orchestral suite #3 (bwv1068). Beautifully rendered by the #mjq and the Swingle Singers. https://youtu.be/27yhOfa2bys #jsbach
#MJQ & #PaulDesmond on #WZUM :-)
Captation en cours du concert #MJQ à la Maison de la Radio, 3 octobre 1966. Le plus : Percy Heath est bien présent à la prise de son. Sa contrebasse est miraculeuse.
