The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa - Speakers Corner LP

180 Gram Vinyl, LP

In contrast to some of the more laid-back MJQ LPs, "Fontessa" offers diversified and intense music. Drummer Connie Kay had replaced Kenny Clarke only a year earlier, and Milt Jackson's blues influence seems to inspire John Lewis to forget all about discipline. Blues, bebop and Broadway evergreens all find a place across seven gems — a record to which Rolling Stone awarded a five-star rating. This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features

• 180g vinyl
• Pure analogue, remastered from the original master tapes
• Recorded January and February 1956 by Rudy Van Gelder (mono)
• Label: Atlantic (Speakers Corner reissue)

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Versailles (Porte De Versailles)
2. Angel Eyes
3. Fontessa

Side Two:

1. Over The Rainbow
2. Bluesology
3. Willow Weep For Me
4. Woody 'N' You