Third Stream Music

Modern Jazz Quartet (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000063NC6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. De Capo

2. Fine

3. Exposure

4. Sketch

5. Conversation

Editorial Reviews

One of the group's first combinations of jazz and classical. It features guest appearances by Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall. This album is making its worldwide CD debut thanks to Wounded Bird Records. Remastered. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally on CD!, June 23, 2002

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Robert E. Feder (Hollis, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Third Stream Music (Audio CD)

This has always been my favorite MJQ recording; why it took so long for this to come out on CD is one of the great mysteries of the CD world. Now that it is here, anyone who has ever heard it will probably want it; anyone who hasn't heard it should get it immediately. This is the best amalgamation of classical and jazz forms that has ever been recorded by anyone. The composition and performance are both superb. It is a rare chance to hear John Lewis, Jimmy Guiffre, and Gunther Schuller, all unsung heroes of latter 20th century music, collaborating to produce an infinitely interesting and beautiful work. The second cut on the album, Fine, is cute, beautiful, and totally swings! Get this CD!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, Robert, finally on CD!, January 18, 2004

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This review is from: Third Stream Music (Audio CD)

I wore out the LP and hadn't been able to find a replacement. I'm like Robert Feder. "Third Stream" has always been my favorite MJQ album. Now at long last, as Robert says, it's available as a CD. The music isn't just jazz with strings in the background. This is a genuine integration of jazz with "serious concert music." If you're primarily a jazz buff, don't let the blend put you off. The Beaux Arts String Quartet will enchant you, and the MJQ is at its quietly funky best here, pumping out insistent, driving, infectious rhythms and sparkling virtuoso jazz improvisation. The lively "Sketch" is my favorite cut.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for your instrumental jazz collection, August 16, 2005

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D. Gordon (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Third Stream Music (Audio CD)

Of all the albums by the Modern Jazz Quartet, this is the best. This album has passed the test of time over decades with the quality of its instrumental compositions, played by the best musicians at the top of their play, who are recorded with superior stereo separation. This is a go-to album for sophisticated jazz that is good listening. Both together and broken out, the various parts are fascinating. The album has intimations of the classical with the use of strings. This is not a play at high-volume, pumped up energy album. This is cool, a bit high-brow, a classy album in its own time.