The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra

by The Modern Jazz Quartet

The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: Atlantic, Savoy
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Standing as a major ambition within the Third Stream movement, 'The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra' integrates the delicate chamber-jazz dynamics of John Lewis' quartet with full symphonic backing. The album features complex arrangements by Gunther Schuller and Werner Heider, blurring the rigid boundaries between European classical traditions and American jazz improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, ensemble, improvisational, complex, rhythmic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Around the Blues
  2. Divertimento
  3. England's Carol
  4. Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: First Movement
  5. Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Second Movement - Passacaglia
  6. Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra: Third Movement

Credits

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet - primary artist
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Gunther Schuller - conductor, liner notes, written-by
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Sam Kirson - illustration [cover], illustration
  • John Lewis - piano, written-by
  • Nesuhi Ertegun - supervised by
  • Milt Jackson - vibraphone [vibraharp]
  • Andr茅 Hodeir - written-by
  • Werner Heider - conductor, written-by

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