European Concert Explained

European Concert
Type:	live
Artist:	Modern Jazz Quartet
Cover:	European Concert.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	April 11–13, 1960
Venue:	Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	76:17
Label:	Atlantic SD 2-603 (orig. as Atlantic 1385 and 1386)
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Modern Jazz Quartet
Prev Title:	Pyramid
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra
Next Year:	1961

European Concert is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Sweden in April 1960 and originally released on two consecutive volumes on the Atlantic label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated, "Long considered one of, if not the classic album from the Modern Jazz Quartet, European Concert defines them simultaneously as a recording entity as well as a working band".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

"Django" – 5:32
"Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) – 4:39
"I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 5:33
"La Ronde" – 3:07
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 5:15
"Festival Sketch" – 4:40
"Vendome" – 2:45
"Odds Against Tomorrow" – 6:57
"Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) – 8:45
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:36
"Skating in Central Park" – 6:10
"The Cylinder" (Jackson) – 6:28
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:51
"Bags' Groove" (Jackson) – 5:13
"I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 4:54

Tracks 5, 6, 9, 12, 14 and 15 recorded in Stockholm, April 11; tracks 1 – 4, 8, 11 recorded in Gothenburg, April 12; tracks 7, 10, 13 recorded in Stockholm, April 13.

Personnel

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/the-modern-jazz-quartet/catalog/album-index/#atlantic-lp-1385 Modern Jazz Quartet discography
Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012