Echoes (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

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Echoes
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Studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Released 1984
Recorded March 6, 1984
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 44:51
Label Pablo 2312-142
Producer Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82
(1982)Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '821982
Echoes
(1984)
Topsy: This One's for Basie
(1985)Topsy: This One's for Basie1985
Milt Jackson chronology
Soul Route
(1983)
Echoes
(1984)
It Don't Mean a Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot to It
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

Echoes is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1984 and released on the Pablo label.[2]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
  2. Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012