The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa (1956) [Reissue 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 120 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Third Stream | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Atlantic (81227 3687-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 120 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Jazz, Third Stream | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Atlantic (81227 3687-2)
This 1956 record marked the beginning of the Modern Jazz Quartet's long and fruitful relationship with Atlantic Records and was one of their most inspired visits to a studio. While there had been excellent bands in the past that created a chamber-jazz genre, such as Red Norvo's trio, John Lewis's vision of a fusion of jazz and classical elements was distinctly original. It's apparent here in the controlled counterpoint of "Versailles," the extended first recording on "Fontessa," with Lewis's spare and precise piano perfectly complementing the looser swing of Milt Jackson's glistening vibraphone sound. The group mingles beautifully around Percy Heath's supple, melodic bass lines and Connie Kay's discrete and gently propulsive beat…