Description
Offered for sale is a U.S. mono pressing of The Quartet, the first album by the Modern Jazz Quartet.
About this copy: This copy of The Quartet is a 1956 U.S. mono pressing on the red Savoy label of an album that was originally released in 1952 under a different title.
The cover is VG++ with slight edge and corner wear.
The disc is VG++ with a couple of minor sleeve scuffs. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a scarce MJQ LP.
Background: Originally released as an album by the Milt Jackson Quartet, The Quartet is generally regarded as the first album by the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Allmusic.com gave The Quartet a 3 1/2 star review:
This album is certain to be placed in the MJQ section of any shop that carries it. In reality though, only four of the cuts here feature the permanent, stand-alone, 1952-vintage Modern Jazz Quartet; the other eight having been done in the summer and fall of 1951, when they were still known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, with Jackson providing all of the original material. The differences are so subtle as to be indistinguishable — Milt Jackson and John Lewis are on every cut, while Al Johns subs for Kenny Clarke on drums, and Ray Brown precedes Percy Heath on four of the tracks. Clarke’s drumming is more impressive in its quiet way, but Ray Brown’s bass work is simpler and more forceful. The sound is fair, with some hints of distortion that’s been repaired, on this otherwise nicely done reissue.
| Country of origin: | U.S. |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Savoy |
| Catalog Number: |
MG 12046 |
| Year of Release: | 1956 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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