Echoes (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

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Echoes
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Released1984
RecordedMarch 6, 1984
StudioNew York City
Genre Jazz
Length44:51
Label Pablo Today 2312-142
Producer Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
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(1982)
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(1984)
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(1985)
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(1983)
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(1984)
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Echoes is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1984 and released on the Pablo label. [3]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "The MJQ's return was one of the happiest events in jazz of the 1980s". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "That Slavic Smile" - 8:00
  2. "Echoes" (Milt Jackson) - 7:08
  3. "The Watergate Blues" (Percy Heath) - 6:04
  4. "The Hornpipe" - 8:16
  5. "Connie's Blues" (Milt Jackson) - 7:29
  6. "Sacha's March" - 7:54

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
  3. Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012