Lonely Woman

by The Modern Jazz Quartet

Lonely Woman cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1962
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:24
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Lewis, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Gary McFarland, Connie Kay, Ornette Coleman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Named after the seminal Ornette Coleman composition, 'Lonely Woman' was released on Atlantic Records during a period of shifting jazz paradigms. The album demonstrates the quartet's unique ability to integrate avant-garde and post-bop material smoothly into their tightly arranged, classical-leaning chamber-jazz aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Lonely Woman (6:18)
  2. Animal Dance (4:03)
  3. New York 19 (7:53)
  4. Belkis (3:39)
  5. Why Are You Blue (6:33)
  6. Fugato (2:46)
  7. Lamb, Leopard (If I Were Eve, from "Original Sin") (6:21)
  8. Trieste (5:47)

Credits

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