Pyramid (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

Pyramid
Studio album by the Modern Jazz Quartet
Released	1960
Recorded	August 22 & 25, 1959; December 21, 1959; January 15, 1960
Venue	Music Inn, Lenox, MA (August 1959)
Studio	Capitol Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:24
Label	Atlantic 1325
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Third Stream Music (1960) Pyramid (1960) European Concert (1960)
Milt Jackson chronology
Third Stream Music (1960) Pyramid (1960) European Concert (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded from 1959 to 1960 and released on the Atlantic label. ^[5]

Reception

The AllMusic review states, "The MJQ had become a jazz institution by this time, but they never lost their creative edge, and their performances (even on the remakes) are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, and fresh." ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Vendome" (John Lewis) – 2:30
2. "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) – 10:46
3. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:02
4. "Django" (John Lewis) – 4:36
5. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 6:15
6. "Romaine" (Jim Hall) – 7:28

Personnel

• Milt Jackson  – vibraphone
• John Lewis  – piano
• Percy Heath  – bass
• Connie Kay  – drums

References

1. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
2. DeMichael, Don (May 26, 1960). "Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 11. pp. 34, 36.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1014
5. Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012