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Allmusic[1]
DownBeat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded from 1959 to 1960 and released on the Atlantic label.[5]

Reception

The AllMusic review states, "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."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Vendome" (John Lewis) – 2:30
  2. "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) – 10:46
  3. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:02
  4. "Django" (John Lewis) – 4:36
  5. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 6:15
  6. "Romaine" (Jim Hall) – 7:28

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
  2. ^ DeMichael, Don (26 May 1960). "Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. pp. 34, 36.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1014
  5. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012
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