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'''''The Complete Last Concert''''' is a [[double CD]] [[live album]] by American jazz group the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]] featuring performances recorded at [[Avery Fisher Hall]] in 1974 and released on the [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] label originally as a [[double album]] '''''The Last Concert''''' (1975) and '''''More from the Last Concert''''' (1981) before the complete edition was released in 1988.<ref name="Modern Jazz Quartet discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/the-modern-jazz-quartet/catalog/#atlantic-sd-2-909 Modern Jazz Quartet discography] accessed June 1, 2012</ref>
'''''The Complete Last Concert''''' is a [[double CD]] [[live album]] by American jazz group the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]] featuring performances recorded at [[Avery Fisher Hall]] in 1974 and released on the [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] label originally as a [[double album]] '''''The Last Concert''''' (1975) and '''''More from the Last Concert''''' (1981) before the complete edition was released in 1988.<ref name="Modern Jazz Quartet discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/the-modern-jazz-quartet/catalog/#atlantic-sd-2-909 Modern Jazz Quartet discography] accessed June 1, 2012</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The [[Allmusic]] review stated "The Modern Jazz Quartet broke up after the concert documented on this double CD. It would be nearly seven years before the group got back together again but it certainly went out on top".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-last-concert-mw0000318719 Allmusic Review] accessed June 1, 2012</ref> [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] includes the album in its suggested core collection.<ref name="Penguin">Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015</ref>
The [[Allmusic]] review stated "The Modern Jazz Quartet broke up after the concert documented on this double CD. It would be nearly seven years before the group got back together again but it certainly went out on top".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-last-concert-mw0000318719 Allmusic Review] accessed June 1, 2012</ref> [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] includes the album in its suggested core collection.<ref name="Penguin">Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015</ref>


Latest revision as of 12:07, 1 July 2023

The Complete Last Concert
Live album by
Modern Jazz Quartet
Released1988
RecordedNovember 25, 1974
VenueAvery Fisher Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
Length148:05
LabelAtlantic 81976-2
Producerİlhan Mimaroğlu
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Blues on Bach
(1973) 		The Complete Last Concert
(1988) 		Reunion at Budokan 1981
(1981)
Milt Jackson chronology
Olinga
(1973) 		The Complete Last Concert
(1974) 		The Milt Jackson Big 4
(1975)
More from the Last Concert
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The Complete Last Concert is a double CD live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at Avery Fisher Hall in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label originally as a double album The Last Concert (1975) and More from the Last Concert (1981) before the complete edition was released in 1988.[4]

Reception

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The Allmusic review stated "The Modern Jazz Quartet broke up after the concert documented on this double CD. It would be nearly seven years before the group got back together again but it certainly went out on top".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings includes the album in its suggested core collection.[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 6:25
  2. "The Cylinder" (Milt Jackson) - 5:28
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:49
  4. "Really True Blues" (Jackson) - 5:27
  5. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 7:12
  6. "Blues in A Minor" - 7:46
  7. "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 4:53
  8. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 7:34
  9. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:21
  10. "Tears from the Children" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 5:00
  11. "Blues in H (B)" (Jackson) - 5:28
  12. "England's Carol" - 5:42

Disc Two:

  1. "The Golden Striker" - 5:26
  2. "One Never Knows" - 7:23
  3. "Trav'lin'" - 5:38
  4. "Skating in Central Park" - 6:32
  5. "The Legendary Profile" (Jackson) - 4:30
  6. "Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) - 10:50
  7. "The Jasmine Tree" - 4:05
  8. "In Memoriam" - 16:47
  9. "Django" - 6:09
  10. "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) - 6:40

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012
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