Modern Jazz Quartet, The: Pyramid
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Catalogue Number: 350306
Barcode: 8436563187070
Release Date: September 18, 2026
The Modern Jazz Quartet had become a jazz institution by the time Pyramid was recorded, but they never lost their creative edge, and their performances, even when presenting new versions of classics like "Django" or "Vendome" are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, and fresh.
John Lewis was the director of the Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, August 22, 1959 (B1) & August 25, 1959 (B3); New York, December 21, 1959 (A2-A3) & January 15, 1960 (A1 & B2). During Lewis' 1959 teaching period in Lenox, the Modern Jazz Quartet began to record the sessions that would produce their Pyramid.
The album, one of the group's very best, would be completed during sessions held in New York in December.
Track Listing
Side A
1. Vendome
2. Pyramid
3. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
4. Vendome (Original 1952 Version)
Side B
1. Django
2. How High The Moon
3. Romaine
4. Django (Original 1954 Version)
Blue Vinyl LP. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE. LIMITED EDITION.
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