The Early Years 1952-56 (2cd)
the Modern Jazz Quartet
The Early Years 1952-56 (2cd)
the Modern Jazz Quartet
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32-track, 2CD set comprising recordings from the group's first four LP releases for Prestige and Atlantic, from their first studio session as the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952 through to 1955. It features all the titles from their original 10-inch Prestige LP 'The Modern Jazz Quartet', and from their 12-inch LPs for Prestige 'Django' and Concorde', plus all the titles from their Atlantic LP 'Fontessa', and selected titles from their Atlantic LP 'At Music Inn'.
Contents and tracklist
Disc 1
All the Things You Are
La Ronde
Vendome
Rose of the Rio Grande
The Queen's Fancy
Delaunay's Dilemma
Autumn in New York
But Not for Me
Django
One Bass Hit
Milano
La Ronde Suite Part 1: Piano
La Ronde Suite Part 2: Bass
La Ronde Suite Part 3: Vibes
La Ronde Suite Part 4: Drums
Concorde
Gershwin Medley: Soon/Love Walked In/Love Is Here to Stay/For You
I'll Remember April
All of You
Disc 2
Ralph's New Blues
Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
Woody'n You
Willow Weep for Me
Fontessa
Versailles
Angel Eyes
Over the Rainbow
Bluesology
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
Variation No. 1 On 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'
A Morning in Paris