Echoes (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

Echoes
Studio album by
Modern Jazz Quartet
Released1984
RecordedMarch 6, 1984
New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:51
LabelPablo Today 2312-142
ProducerModern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82
(1982) 		Echoes
(1984) 		Topsy: This One's for Basie
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]

Echoes is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1984 and released on the Pablo label.[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "The MJQ's return was one of the happiest events in jazz of the 1980s".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "That Slavic Smile" - 8:00
  2. "Echoes" (Milt Jackson) - 7:08
  3. "The Watergate Blues" (Percy Heath) - 6:04
  4. "The Hornpipe" - 8:16
  5. "Connie's Blues" (Milt Jackson) - 7:29
  6. "Sacha's March" - 7:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
  3. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012