Concorde is an album by The Modern Jazz Quartet

Modern Jazz Quartet

The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson , John Lewis , Percy Heath , and Kenny Clarke . Connie Kay replaced Clarke in 1955...

. First released in 1955 as an LP. Recorded in New York, New York on July 2, 1955. Originally released on Prestige (7005). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler. The album was reissued in 2008 as part of the Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder is an American recording engineer specializing in jazz.Often regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder has recorded several thousand jazz sessions, including many widely recognized as classics, in a career spanning more than half a century...

 Remasters collection.

This Album is the first to feature Drummer Connie Kay

Connie Kay

Connie Kay was an American jazz drummer.Kay was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet from 1955 until the group's dissolution in 1974...

, who replaced Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke , born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming...

 in 1955. "Concorde" is also the first Modern Jazz Quartet LP conceived from the beginning as a long playing record. Previous MJQ recordings had been released as 78's, 10 inch 33's or reissues of these formats on a 12 inch LP. The liner notes acknowledge the additional playing time of the LP format by asking the listener to regard this album as a performance set "at one of America's leading Jazz rooms".

Track listing

1. "Ralph's New Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 7:08
2. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:31
3. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 5:09
4. "Gershwin Medley: Soon; For You,For Me, Forevermore; Love Walked In; Our Love Is Here To Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:54
5. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 7:54
6. "Concorde" (John Lewis) – 3:42

Personnel

• Milt Jackson
  Milt Jackson
  Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
  
   – vibraphone
  Vibraphone
  The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
  
  
• John Lewis
  John Lewis (pianist)
  John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...
  
   – piano
  Piano
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• Percy Heath
  Percy Heath
  Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975...
  
   – bass
  Bass (instrument)
  Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
  
  
• Connie Kay
  Connie Kay
  Connie Kay was an American jazz drummer.Kay was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet from 1955 until the group's dissolution in 1974...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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