MODERN JAZZ QUARTET (3CD SET) Pyramid/Third Stream Music/Lonely Woman

For many decades, give or take the odd interruption, the Modern Jazz Quartet became a popular fixture on the worldwide jazz scene, their own special brand of music bringing a unique touch of sophistication to a genre often based on sounds carrying a rawer edge. The foursome created a ‘chamber music’-like approach to their repertoire, much of it penned by pianist John Lewis, although this polite stance often gave way to exciting, swinging excursions driven by the blues-drenched vibraphone of Milt Jackson.

CD 1: Pyramid

1. Vendome
2. Pyramid
3. It Don't Mean Thing
4. Django
5. How High The Moon
6. Romaine

CD 2: Third Stream Music

1. De Capo
2. Fine
3. Exposure
4. Sketch
5. Conversation

CD 3: Lonely Woman

1. Lonely Woman
2. Animal Dance
3. New York 19
4. Belkis
5. Why Are You Blue
6. Fugato
7. Lamb, Leopard
8. Trieste