Pyramid

The Modern Jazz Quartet had become a jazz 180-GRAM COLORED BLUE VINYL - THE COMPLETE ALBUM 2 BONUS TRACKS - institution by the time Pyramid was recorded, Contains new but they never lost their creative edge, and JOHN LEWIS, piano specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer BRIAN their performances, even when presenting MILT JACKSON, vibes MORTON and by Paris' prestigious JAZZ new versions of classics like "Django" or PERCY HEATH, bass 1 VENDOME (John Lewis) 2:30 2 PYRAMID (Ray Brown) 10:51 3 IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) (Duke Ellington-Irving Mills) 5:02 4 VENDOME (John Lewis) [original 1952 version] 3:13 * MAGAZINE. LIMITED EDITION "Vendome" are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, CONNIE KAY, drums and fresh. John Lewis was the director of the Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, August 22, 1959 (B1) Side B The Lenox School of Jazz from its inception & August 25, 1959 (B3); New York, December 21, 1959 (A2-A3) Originally issued as Pyramid in 1957, to its end in 1960. (Atlantic LP-1325) During Lewis' & January 15, 1960 (A1 & B2). 1 DJANGO (John Lewis) 4:36 1959 teaching period in Lenox, the Modern * Bonus tracks (A4 & B4): Same personnel but Kenny 2 HOW HIGH THE MOON (Nancy Hamilton-Morgan Lewis) 6:15 Jazz Quartet began to record the sessions that Clarke (d) replaces Kay. New York, December 22, 1952 (A4) would produce their Pyramid. The album, one & December 23, 1954 (B4). 3 ROMAINE (Jim Hall) 7:22 of the group's very best, would be completed 4 DJANGO (John Lewis) [original 1954 version] 7:04 * during sessions held in New York on December