Milestones of a Legend - Modern Jazz Quartet

Milestones of a Legend

Compilation by Modern Jazz Quartet

Released 24 June 2016

Tracklist

CD 1: The Modern Jazz Quartet With Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, John Lewis, Kenny Clarke (1953)
1
All The Things You Are
3:17
2
La Ronde
3:10
3
Vendome
3:15
4
Rose Of The Rio Grande
2:17
5
The Queen's Fancy
3:15
6
Delaunay's Dilemma
4:00
7
Autumn In New York
3:42
8
But Not For Me
3:46
9
Ralph's New Blues
7:11
10
All Of You
4:30
11
I'll Remember April
5:09
12
Gershwin Medley: Soon/For You, For Me, Forevermore/Love Walked In/Our Love Is Here To Stay
7:59
13
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
7:57
14
Concorde
3:40
CD 2: The Modern Jazz Quartet (1955)
1
Django
7:03
2
One Bass Hit
3:00
3
Milano
4:24
4
La Ronde: La Ronde (Piano) / La Ronde (Bass) / La Ronde (Vibraharp) / La Ronde (Drums)
9:27
5
Versailles
3:25
6
Angel Eyes
3:52
7
Fontessa
11:16
8
Over The Rainbow
3:56
9
Bluesology
5:07
10
Willow Weep For Me
4:52
11
Woodyn You
8:23
CD 3: The Modern Jazz Quartet/Milt Jackson Quintet - M J Q (1956)
1
All The Things You Are
3:15
2
La Ronde
3:07
3
Vendome
3:12
4
Rose Of The Rio Grande
2:15
5
Opus De Funk
4:06
6
I've Lost Your Love
5:01
7
Buhaina
4:34
8
Soma
5:28
9
The Stopper
2:59
10
Almost Like Being In Love
3:25
11
No Moe
3:32
12
In A Sentimental Mood
3:20
13
Scoops
2:16
14
With A Song In My Heart
3:09
15
Newk's Fadeaway
3:13
16
Time On My Hands
2:44
17
This Love Of Mine
2:27
18
Shadrak
2:35
19
On A Slow Boat To China
2:41
20
Mambo Bounce
2:25
21
I Know
2:33
CD 4: The Modern Jazz Quartet (1956)
1
Softly As In The Morning Sunrise
3:29
2
Love Me Pretty Baby
3:39
3
Autumn Breeze
2:57
4
Milt Meets Sid
3:08
5
Moving Nicely
3:15
6
D & E
2:57
7
Heart And Soul
2:32
8
True Blues
3:03
9
Bluesology
2:49
10
Yesterdays
2:33
11
Round About Midnight
2:58
12
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
2:37
13
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
4:31
14
A Fugue For Music Inn
4:45
15
Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
7:05
16
Serenade
2:59
17
Fun
5:35
18
Sun Dance
4:02
19
The Man That Got Away
3:35
20
A Morning In Paris
2:55
21
Variation No. One (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)
5:02
CD 5: The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
1
Medley: They Say It's Wonderful,/How Deep Is The Ocean/I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You/My Old Flame/Body And Soul
10:15
2
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
6:55
3
La Ronde: Drums
2:10
4
Night In Tunisia
6:08
5
Yesterdays
5:10
6
Bag's Groove
5:43
7
Baden-Baden
4:05
8
D & E Blues
5:02
9
Now's The Time
4:46
10
Round Midnight
3:52
11
Should I
5:17
12
Big Fat Mama
7:35
13
Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
4:08
14
Joy Spring
5:28
15
Elevation
3:23
CD 6: The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn Vol. 2 (1958)
1
Medley: Stardust/I Can't Get Started/Lover Man
8:17
2
Yardbird Suite
5:15
3
Midsömmer
7:04
4
Festival Sketch
3:44
5
Bag's Groove
8:39
6
Night In Tunisia
7:06
7
The Golden Striker
3:39
8
One Never Knows
9:10
9
The Rose Trug
4:57
10
Cortege
7:29
11
Venice
4:27
12
Three Windows
6:45
CD 7: The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays Music From "Odds Against Tomorrow" (1959)
1
Skating In Central Park
6:05
2
No Happiness For Glater
5:15
3
A Social Call
4:44
4
Cue # 9
4:59
5
A Cold Wind Is Blowing
7:25
6
Odds Against Tomorrow
3:32
7
Vendome
2:29
8
Pyramid (Blues For Junior)
10:53
9
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
5:04
10
Django
4:38
11
How High The Moon
6:18
12
Romaine
7:26
CD 8: The Modern Jazz Quartet - Third Stream Music (1960)
1
Da Capo
3:45
2
Fine
6:04
3
Exposure
9:43
4
Sketch
5:33
5
Conversation
10:44
6
Around The Blues
8:25
7
Divertimento
8:17
8
England's Carol
6:21
9
First Movement
6:43
10
Second Movement (Passacaglia)
6:39
11
Third Movement
5:55
CD 9: The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert Vol. 1 (1961)
1
Django
5:45
2
Bluesology
5:02
3
I Should Care
5:43
4
La Ronde
3:11
5
I Remember Clifford
5:54
6
Festival Sketch
4:44
7
Vendome
3:02
8
Odds Against Tomorrow
6:59
9
Pyramid (Blues For Junior)
9:05
10
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
5:49
11
Skating In Central Park
6:10
12
The Cylinder
3:33
13
Round Midnight
3:52
14
Bag's Groove
5:15
15
I'll Remember April
4:57
CD 10: The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman (1962)
1
Lonely Woman
6:19
2
Animal Dance
4:04
3
New York 19
7:53
4
Belkis
3:39
5
Why Are You Blue
6:33
6
Fugato
2:47
7
Lamb, Leopard (If I Were Eve)
6:22
8
Trieste
5:47
9
Spanish Steps
5:36
10
Columbine
4:10
11
Pulcinella
4:24
12
Pierrot
3:23
13
La Cantatrice
5:30
14
Harlequin
6:45
15
Piazza Navona
5:10

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Blues on Bach

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Release credits

Bob Weinstock
producer [2, 4]
Connie Kay
drums (drum set) [6.2, 10.5, 10.7, 5.1, 5.3, 2.8, 2.10, 4.14]
Doug Hawkins
recording [1.4, 3.4]
Ira Gitler
producer [5], task [9-12]
Jimmy Giuffre
clarinet [14], guest [14]
John Kraus
recording [8, 10]
John Lewis
piano [6.2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.10, 1.4-5, 4.14, 10.5, 10.7, 5.1, 5.3, 3.4, 3.9-12]
Kenny Clarke
drums (drum set) [1.4-5, 3.4, 3.9-12, 2.2, 2.4]
Milt Jackson
vibraphone [2.2, 2.4, 2.8, 2.10, 1.4-5, 5.1, 5.3, 6.2, 10.5, 10.7, 3.4, 3.9-12, 4.14]
Nesuhi Ertegun
producer [10.5, 10.7, 2.8, 2.10, 4.14, 6.2, 5.1, 5.3]
Percy Heath
bass [5.1, 5.3, 3.4, 3.9-12, 2.2, 2.4, 1.4-5, 10.5, 10.7], bassoon [5, 7], double bass [1.4-5, 3.4, 5.1, 5.3, 2.8, 2.10, 4.14, 6.2]
Phil Iehle
recording [5, 7]
Rudy van Gelder
recording [2]
Sonny Rollins
tenor saxophone [9-12]
Tom Dowd
engineer [1, 3], recording [6.2, 4.14, 10.5, 10.7]

Issues

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Milestones Of A Legend
10x CD
24 June 2016