The Comedy

by The Modern Jazz Quartet

The Comedy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:58
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Connie Kay, John Lewis, Diahann Carroll, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An ambitious conceptual suite composed by John Lewis, 'The Comedy' explores the characters and themes of the Italian Commedia dell'arte through the lens of Third Stream jazz. The Modern Jazz Quartet intricately balances classical chamber music structures with cool jazz improvisation, occasionally joined by the vocal stylings of Diahann Carroll. It exemplifies the group's ongoing mission to elevate jazz to the structural dignity of European art music.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Spanish Steps (5:35)
  2. Colombine (4:09)
  3. Pulcinella (4:24)
  4. Pierrot (3:22)
  5. La Cantarice (5:30)
  6. Harlequin (6:54)
  7. Piazza Navona (5:01)

Credits

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