Modern Jazz Quartet, The

SOME OF THE MOST RELAXED SIDES BY THE MJQ!

The MJQ’s complete original album The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays for Lovers (Prestige 7421).

The LP features a selection of their recordings of love-related ballads and medium tempo standards from the early years of the group.

As a bonus, we have included six additional tracks with the same concept from their Atlantic years.

Includes 12-page booklet

01 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 3:15
02 SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE 7:56
03 ALL OF YOU 4:27
04 AUTUMN IN NEW YORK 3:40
05 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 5:10
06 GERSHWIN MEDLEY: SOON / LOVE WALKED IN / FOR YOU, FOR ME,  FOREVERMORE / OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY 7:56
07 ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE 2:14
08 BUT NOT FOR ME 3:44
09 ANGEL EYES 3:51*
10 OVER THE RAINBOW 3:52 *
11 MEDLEY: THEY SAY IT’S WONDERFUL / HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN / A GHOST OF A CHANCE / MY OLD FLAME / BODY AND SOUL 10:15*
12 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA 6:52*
13 YESTERDAYS 5:10 *
14 MEDLEY: STARDUST / I CAN’T GET STARTED / LOVER MAN 8:17*
TT: 76:45

* BONUS TRACKS: Not included on the original LP configuration

JOHN LEWIS, piano
MILT JACKSON, vibes
PERCY HEATH, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums (on 1-2 & 7-8 only)
CONNIE KAY, drums (on all other tracks)

1 & 7: New York, December 22, 1952.
2-3, 5-6: Hackensack, N.J., July 2, 1955.
4 & 8: Hackensack, N.J., June 25, 1953.
9-10: New York, January 22, 1956.
11-13: New York, April 5, 1957.
14: Music Inn, Lenox, Mass., August 3, 1958.