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One of the great jazz "classics"
4 Dec 2002
By Joost Daalder
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Format:Audio CD
This is, with "Fontessa", the most celebrated of the original MJQ recordings, and rightly so. When it first appeared it was, like that great record, a huge hit on the jazz scene and beyond, and the fact that it appealed to one's parents is in no sense a reason for thinking it anything less than inspiring. "Django", in particular, is just one of those inexhaustible delights in jazz that always sound satisfying, with Percy Heath on bass driving his instrument in amazing melodious fashion, while John Lewis and Milt Jackson both produce totally convincing and beautiful solos - and boy, did they swing, even though those who like their music only loud don't hear that. To say that these men produced "vignettes" is only half true; certainly they were highly disciplined and eschewed "big" effects, but their very subtlety enhanced - did not reduce - the vitality and intensity of their powerful music. Always a joy to listen to, and therefore unhesitatingly recommended. - Joost Daalder
38 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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Very nice
4 July 2000
By C. Stern
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Format:Audio CD
Ignore the idiot that gave the fine album a low rating! Without a doubt this is one of the finest albums by one of the finest jazz groups! It is not "Cool Jazz" -- that's the sort of music that gives jazz a bad name and causes fools to forget about the REAL intellectuals of jazz -- and no one could do meditative jazz like MJQ. Like all great jazz, this album is as meaningful as any music can be.
[5 years later] It's still quite good. But, Milt Jackson unleashed without the MJQ is far better, and bouncier. I didn't realize I was such an MJQ fan five years ago!
[5 years later] It's still quite good. But, Milt Jackson unleashed without the MJQ is far better, and bouncier. I didn't realize I was such an MJQ fan five years ago!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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CHAMBER JAZZ
25 Jun 2001
By Steven Meyers
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First of all, I prefer the MJQ with Connie Kay. This is really ancient MJQ, Chamber Jazz at the beginning. Not only very innovative for the time, but innovative for any time. There is still no group around today that plays like these guys. The arrangements are very tight, the playing is tight. When I used to go to see the MJQ play in the 60's, they looked tight. Very reserved, very focused, they took their music very seriously. And with the utmost of taste, including the tuxedos. This album is the utmost of taste. Django is very deliberate and stiff as compared to others recordings by them, but this is the first one, so I've got to have it. One Bass Hit, Delaunay's Dilemma, Autumn in New York, all MJQ staples, debut here. Great work by Percy Heath throughout. If you are into the history of jazz, and you want a complete collection, you have to have this work.
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