Recordings

June, 1961

Two important additions to the growing galaxy of MJQ recordings. The Modern Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (Atlantic) and The Modern Jazz Quartet: European Concert (Atlantic), rate almost unqualified raves from this department. The pair dramatically display the split jazz-classic personality of the group – a schizophrenia not as disparate as one might believe after only one listen. The concert, recorded in Scandinavia and the first "live" performance by the group to be transcribed in its e...

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