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

1957 live album by Modern Jazz Quartet / Oscar Peterson Trio
The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio 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
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Oscar Peterson chronology
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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

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
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