1959 BONN-BEETHOVENHALLE (2 LP)

The Modern Jazz Quartet's 1959 Bonn, Beethovenhalle is an original master concert recording from the Beethovenhalle, in Bonn, Germany, previously retrospectively released for the first time in 2010. A release in WDR's The Cologne Broadcasts series, it was executively produced by Franz-Josef Schwarz and mastered by Thomas Sehringer. Both formats include musician and composer credits, plus liner notes by journalist and radio host Karsten Mutzelfeldt in English and German. The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues, and bebop. For most of its history the Quartet consisted of John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), and Connie Kay (drums). The group grew out of the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's big band from 1946 to 1948, which consisted of Lewis and Jackson along with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke. CD version in slipcase with four-page booklet. 2LP version in gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. ??2LP: A1. Django A2. Bag's Groove A3. How High The Moon B1. A Cold Wind Is Blowing B2. Midsummer B3. A Social Call C1. Vendome C2. Now's The Time C3. It Don't Mean A Thing D1. Pyramid D2. Skating In Central Park ??HIGHLIGHTS * The Modern Jazz Quartet's 1959 Bonn, Beethovenhalle is an original master concert recording from the Beethovenhalle, in Bonn, Germany. ?* The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues, and bebop. ?* For most of its history the Quartet consisted of John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), and Connie Kay (drums). ?* CD version in slipcase with four-page booklet. ?* 2LP version in gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl.