Under the Jasmin Tree

1968 studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Under the Jasmin Tree
Studio album by
Modern Jazz Quartet
ReleasedDecember 6, 1968 (UK)
RecordedDecember 12, 1967
GenreJazz
Length33:35
LabelApple
APCOR 4 (UK) / ST 3353 (US)
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Live at the Lighthouse
(1967) 		Under the Jasmin Tree
(1968) 		Space
(1968)
Milt Jackson chronology
Live at the Lighthouse
(1967) 		Under the Jasmin Tree
(1968) 		Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]
Tom HullB[3]

Under the Jasmin Tree is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in December 1967 and released on the Apple label.[4] The album was the fourth release on the Beatles' new label and the MJQ were the only jazz act to record for Apple.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated: "The program is more or less standard, poised, painstakingly structured, gently swinging MJQ fare, the group's contrapuntal interplay as telepathic as ever".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis.

Side one
  1. "The Blue Necklace" – 4:52
  2. "Three Little Feelings (Part I)" – 3:48
  3. "Three Little Feelings (Part II)" – 4:59
  4. "Three Little Feelings (Part III)" – 5:18
Side two
  2. "Exposure" – 9:17
  3. "The Jasmin Tree" – 5:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2012
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (December 2010). "Recycled Goods". Static Multimedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  4. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 31, 2012
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Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay

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