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Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
With such a tight group as the MJQ is is impossible to single out individual musicians which probably accounts for their long lived success. This is a strong recording from the Modern Jazz Quartet, with inventive versions of John Lewis Vendome, Ray Browns Pyramid, Jim Halls Romaine, and Lewis famous Django, along with cooking jams on How High the Moon and It Dont Mean a Thing. The MJQ had become a jazz institution by this time, but they never lost their creative edge, and their performances (even on the remakes) are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, and fresh. Scott Yanow/AMG
Every track is a gem, the stand out track being Django (recorded many times; is this the definitive version? I think so). The title track (written by Ray Brown) is Pyramid (11 min) which is also a pearl. R Bawden
Personnel: John Lewis, piano / Milt Jackson, vibraharp /
Percy Heath, bass / Connie Kay, drums.
Recorded at Music Inn, Lennox in August 1959.
Recording Engineers Tom Dowd, Earle Brown & Johnny Cue
Supervised by Nesuhi Ertegun
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