The Modern Jazz Quartet, Quartetto Di Milano, The Hungarian Gypsy Quartet - A Quartet Is A Quartet Is A Quartet mp3 album

I only found out about the MJQ session on this album because I scanned Mosaic Records' discography.There are only four MJQ tracks, but they are all excellent and deserve to be heard. The group's members are all at their best. This version of "Concorde" is the one that Gil Evans used for his arrangement that is included on the CD version of "The Individualism Of Gil Evans". This reminds me of the way Gil took "New Rhumba" and scored it for the "Miles Ahead" album. So, this is an important set of MJQ tracks. Recommended.John Lewis, as well as being a fine jazz pianist, was given to getting involved with a lot of artsy-fartsy stuff, hence the weird inclusion of the other tracks on the album.The other day, after the MJQ tracks (the first ones on the album), I let the CD player carry on with track 5, "Fünf Sätze", by the "Quartetto Di Milano". Really, John! It is squeak, blurp, blorp, grunt. After a few seconds, I was roaring with laughter. It is all very well to be a connoisseur of the arts, but this is ridiculous.Anyway, it is worth the price of the album, to get. the four MJQ tracks.