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Collaboration | 
 enlarge | Artist: Modern Jazz Quartet With Laurindo Almeida
Label: Collectables
Category: Music
List Price: $12.97
Buy New: $7.90
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 53767
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 090431691120
EAN: 0090431691120
ASIN: B0017IKQY4
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
| • | Silver | | • | Trieste | | • | Valeria | | • | Fugue In A Minor | | • | One Note Samba | | • | Foi A Saudade | | • | Concierto De Aranjuez |
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Amazon.com
Now available on CD for the first time, this important 1964 Atlantic recording pairs the world-renowned Modern Jazz Quartet--drummer Connie Kay, bassist Percy Heath, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and the late pianist and music director John Lewis--with the Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida. Together, they present an intelligent program showcasing the acoustic guitar in the group's trademarked combo sound. On "Silver," Lewis's shifting tempos are excellent foils for Milt Jackson's virtuosity. "Valeria" from Lewis's soundtrack A Milanese Story retains its Adriatic air. Lewis's arrangement of J.S. Bach's "Fugue in A Minor" is the perfect blend of counterpoint and swing. Connie Kay's driving and delicate drumming and Almeida's fleet-finger guitar solos drive Antonio Carlos Jobim's "One Note Samba." Almeida and the Quartet turn in their best performance on their moving rendition of Joaquin Rodrigro's "Concierto de Aranjuez." Lewis's ingenious treatment of the Spanish classical masterwork is rivaled only by the big band adaptation Miles Davis and Gil Evans created in 1959. With Almeida's brilliant understanding of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-American folk and improvisational forms, and the Modern Jazz Quartet's telepathic interplay and dignified musicality, this recording effortlessly combines 18th-century Germany, Moorish Spain, and modern-day New York. --Eugene Holley Jr.
Product Description
The Modern Jazz Quartets renowned music spanned 5 decades. They are joined on this classic recording by the brilliant Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
This review is for the Actual Item Listed, MJQ 40 Years July 15, 2008
This isn't much of a review, I just downloaded the 47 tracks of 'MJQ: 40 Yrs', and it sounds GREAT!. I am amazed that Amazon is posting six reviews of A DIFFERENT ALBUM under this product listing. All 6 reviews are for an MJQ album called "Collaboration", which is by the same artist, but is definitely NOT the product listed, namely "MJQ: 40 Years". Since there are ZERO reviews of the actual item, at this time, I wanted to at least let you know, it's quite fine! That's very succinct, I know, but at least I'm talking about the actual item listed, not SOME OTHER ALBUM !!!
A real pleasure for decades September 30, 2007
A reviewer here said: "My vinyl copy of this recording has endured over thirty-six+ years of playing and can finally be retired." I say: keep the vinyl too, now that I see that this CD is not currently available for purchase! In fact, make a back-up copy of the CD and put it in the safe deposit box. This music should be preserved and enjoyed as one of the best "collaborations" in history. Unfortunately, Brahms and Heifetz never recorded together on piano and violin. Fortunately, the MJQ and Almeida did! Dumb example, but it just says: this is one of the best of the MJQ, and I've been an MJQ fan since high school in the sixties.
one more happy person May 19, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
now I had spent a week to find this recording again and I'm so happy to have it. Even listening to the little samples just brings me back in my youth as this record used to be my favourit for blue hours. Reading the other rewiews I see I'm not the only one! Now I hardly can wait to get my new example of this marvellous composition of formidable musicians playing on my soul.
Absolutely Brilliant and Marvellous May 27, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I read the other reviews for this album, I was amazed at the passionate tone of the praise for it; having finally listened to its tracks, in particular the last, I now understand and fully concur.The rendition of Rodrigo's Concierto De Aranjuez by Laurindo Almeida and the MJQ is simply put, ineffably beautiful. In the liner notes, the artist himself recognizes that "it is one of the best things I ever did". To my ears (untrained as they are)the artist succeeds in bringing out the fire and soul of this piece, playing every note as if his fingers were fused directly with that Universal element which we call "Music". Only later does one realize the technical brilliance: the guitar has seldom if ever been played with such nuance and rich tonality. ( No wonder Sharon Isbin cites Almeida as a prime influence. ) Brilliant! Fantastic! A Joy!
One of the finest recordings ever made. September 19, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
My vinyl copy of this recording has endured over thirty-six+ years of playing and can finally be retired. After having waited for this album to be re-released on CD, the event has happened. It was and remains one of the finest albums in recorded music. MJQ and Laurindo Almeida are at their masterful best -- it is pure magic and always has been -- their version of Rodrigo's "Concierto De Aranjuez" is worth the price alone, it should be required listening. Each piece on this recording seems to have been so carefully selected that they build on one another -- the result is an awesome experience, something that makes your life better.
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