The Complete Last Concert
The Complete Last Concert | ||||
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Live album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | November 25, 1974 | |||
Venue | Avery Fisher Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 148:05 | |||
Label | Atlantic 81976-2 | |||
Producer | İlhan Mimaroğlu | |||
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Milt Jackson chronology | ||||
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More from the Last Concert | ||||
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The Complete Last Concert is a double CD live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at Avery Fisher Hall in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label originally as a double album The Last Concert (1975) and More from the Last Concert (1981) before the complete edition was released in 1988.[4]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "The Modern Jazz Quartet broke up after the concert documented on this double CD. It would be nearly seven years before the group got back together again but it certainly went out on top".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings includes the album in its suggested core collection.[2]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
Disc One:
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 6:25
- "The Cylinder" (Milt Jackson) - 5:28
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:49
- "Really True Blues" (Jackson) - 5:27
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 7:12
- "Blues in A Minor" - 7:46
- "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 4:53
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 7:34
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:21
- "Tears from the Children" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 5:00
- "Blues in H (B)" (Jackson) - 5:28
- "England's Carol" - 5:42
Disc Two:
- "The Golden Striker" - 5:26
- "One Never Knows" - 7:23
- "Trav'lin'" - 5:38
- "Skating in Central Park" - 6:32
- "The Legendary Profile" (Jackson) - 4:30
- "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) - 10:50
- "The Jasmine Tree" - 4:05
- "In Memoriam" - 16:47
- "Django" - 6:09
- "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) - 6:40
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012
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Kenny Clarke, Mickey Roker, Albert Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,except where indicated.
albums
- Wizard of the Vibes (as Milt Jackson Quartet, 1952)
- 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (and Ben Webster, 1953)
- Django (1953–55)
- Concorde (1955)
- Fontessa (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (with Sonny Rollins, 1958)
- Pyramid (1959–60)
- Music from Odds Against Tomorrow/Patterns (1959)
- European Concert (1960)
- Dedicated to Connie (1960 [1995])
- The Comedy (1960–62)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra (1960)
- Lonely Woman (1962)
- The Sheriff (1963)
- Collaboration (and Laurindo Almeida, 1964)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1964–65)
- Jazz Dialogue (1965)
- Blues at Carnegie Hall (1966)
- Place Vendôme (and The Swingle Singers, 1966)
- Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
- Under the Jasmin Tree (1967)
- Space (1969)
- Plastic Dreams (1971)
- The Legendary Profile (1972)
- In Memoriam (1973)
- Blues on Bach (1973)
- The Complete Last Concert (1974 [1988])
- Reunion at Budokan 1981 (1981)
- Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82 (1982)
- Echoes (1984)
- Topsy: This One's for Basie (1985)
- Three Windows (1987)
- For Ellington (1988)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1992–1993)