The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House

At the Opera House
Live album by
Modern Jazz Quartet & Oscar Peterson Trio
Released1957
RecordedOctober 19, 1957
VenueThe Opera House, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length37:01
LabelVerve MGV 8269
ProducerNorman Granz
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
The Modern Jazz Quartet
(1957) 		At the Opera House
(1957) 		Plays No Sun in Venice
(1958)
Milt Jackson chronology
Bags & Flutes
(1957) 		At the Opera House
(1957) 		Plays No Sun in Venice
(1958)
Oscar Peterson chronology
With Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport
(1957) 		At the Opera House
(1957) 		My Fair Lady
(1958)
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Allmusic[1]

The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1957 and released as a split album on the Verve label.[2] The tracks by Oscar Peterson were subsequently released on Peterson's 1957 album Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw.[3]

Reception

The AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "While the MJQ sounds much more introverted than the more exuberant Oscar Peterson Trio, the two popular groups have more similarities than differences".[1]

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "D & E Blues" (John Lewis) - 4:08
  2. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) - 4:34
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:47

Side Two:

  1. "Should I?" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:28
  2. "Big Fat Mama" (Lucky Millinder, Stafford Simon) - 7:24
  3. "Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:55
  4. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 5:27
  5. "Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence, Gerry Mulligan) - 3:18

Personnel

Side One:

Side Two

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
  2. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw Almmusic Review, accessed May 30, 2012