Customer Reviews

No Sun in Venice

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In exchange for giving a Brit a bunk in my home in the mid sixties, he gave me this album, a London label, I believe. I wore it out oil painting in the wee hours of the morning. It has remained my favorite MJQ album. In the Eighties, I searched all the music stores in San Francisco, Berkeley area, etc. No luck. I'm so happy to have discovered it in your inventory.

Thanks, Allan Jones

This album was this 56 year old jazz pianist's first jazz record. It's still as haunting and beautiful as when I first heard it. Lewis' compositions are impeccable and Jackson swings hard over them. This is a quiet album that you will enjoy for years.

This is great movie jazz of the late nineteen-fifties, in a row with the MJQ's own "Odds Against Tomorrow", Miles Davis' "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud", the Jazz Messengers' "Des femmes disparaissent", and Duke Ellington's "Anatomy of a Murder". Excellent, if a bit top-heavy, sound. True jazz lovers may want a little more improvisation here and there, but should respect John Lewis' great score, which is done with great purpose and dexterity.

The Modern Jazz Quartet was one of the finest musical organizations ever. John Lewis was a master composer and arranger and a very competent jazz pianist. Milt Jackson was for a long time THE vibes player in jazz. Percy Heath was rock solid and technically proficient as a bassist and Connie Kay was a very subtle yet driving drummer. Together, they were great. This CD is made up of compositions by John Lewis for an Italian movie. It's very Baroque sounding, but also very bluesy and swinging. If you like the MJQ, you will love this CD

Hauntingly beautiful, the kind of music that one must hear when they go to heaven. It is very soft and serene. This is a perfect album to play on a rainy, Sunday morning while you're reading the newspaper and enjoying a cup of coffee. I have not seen the film yet, but after listening to this incredible creation, I am very much interested if nothing else to hear how the musical score fits in the story. It's hard for me to imagine anyone not liking this. The whole album is great and my personal favorite is "Venice". Also, I really love the album cover as well.

A true sleeper! This is one placid recording...

I had search for this recording several years ago. I used to listen to it
on "78". My brother had quite an extensive jazz collection in the late 50's. It was just as I remembered!

Ever since I first saw the movie "On Sait Jamais" (One Never Knows) in an "art theater" in Columbus, Ohio, sometime in the 1950s, I have been a big fan of these guys. MJQ provided the music running throughout this film. Classics like "The Golden Striker" and "The Rose Truc" and others came out of this film. This record has never been out of print in around 50 years. MJQ has likewise been around for that long. Buy it and hear the very best of John Lewis and his group.

We like the Modern Jazz Quartet, and this is a welcome addition to our collection.