Pyramid

by The Modern Jazz Quartet

Pyramid cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1960
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:43
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Percy Heath, John Lewis, Nesuhi Ertegun, Connie Kay

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The recording emphasizes the chamber-jazz aesthetic pioneered by pianist and musical director John Lewis. The quartet integrates European classical counterpoint with subdued, highly structured improvisational frameworks, continuing their effort to elevate the acoustic prestige of the genre.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, improvisation, melodic, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Vendome (2:30)
  2. Pyramid (10:52)
  3. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (5:02)
  4. Django (4:35)
  5. How High the Moon (6:17)
  6. Romaine (7:25)

Credits

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet - primary artist
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Earle Brown - engineer [recording]
  • Johnny Cue - engineer [recording]
  • Tom Dowd - engineer [recording]
  • Susanne Schapowalow - photography [mjq photo]
  • John Lewis - piano, written-by
  • Nesuhi Ertegun - producer, supervised by [supervision]
  • Milt Jackson - vibraphone [vibraharp]
  • Ray Brown - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by
  • Morgan Lewis - written-by
  • Nancy Hamilton - written-by
  • Jim Hall - written-by

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