Dedicated to Connie

1995 live album by Modern Jazz Quartet

Dedicated to Connie

Live album by

Modern Jazz Quartet

Released| 1995
Recorded| May 27, 1960
Venue| Ljubljana, Slovenia
Genre| Jazz
Length| 118:32
Label| Atlantic 7567-82763-2
Producer| Ahmet Ertegun & John Lewis
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
| MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration
(1994)  | Dedicated to Connie
(1995)  | In A Crowd
(1997)

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Dedicated to Connie is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Slovenia in May 1960 and released in 1995 on the Atlantic label following drummer Connie Kay's death.[1] The album was also released by Jazz Life in 1990 as Modern Jazz Quartet In Concert.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz|  [3]

The Allmusic reviewer commented: "Lewis has stated that the group never played better than during this concert. Although that statement is debatable, the MJQ certainly sounds in prime form throughout the easily recommended release".[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the release a "Crown" signifying a recording that the authors "feel a special admiration or affection for".[3][4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

Disc One:

1. "The Little Comedy/La Cantatrice/Harlequin/Fontessa" - 23:05
2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:09
3. "The Cylinder" (Milt Jackson) - 6:02
4. "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) - 5:28
5. "Odds Against Tomorrow" - 8:12
6. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:13
7. "A Social Call" (Gigi Gryce) - 4:52

Disc Two

1. "Django" - 4:40
2. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 6:14
3. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 7:51
4. "Colombine/Pulcinella" - 9:22
5. "Spanish Steps" - 4:08
6. "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) - 10:41
7. "Milt Meets Sid" (Jackson) - 3:40
8. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 6:03
9. "Vendome" - 2:42 MOG
10. "Skating in Central Park" - 6:10

## Personnel

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* Milt Jackson \- vibraphone
* John Lewis \- piano
* Percy Heath \- bass
* Connie Kay \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012
2. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 21, 2014
3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1996) [1992]. "Modern Jazz Quartet". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (3rd ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 921\. ISBN 9780140513684.
4. ^ Penguin Guide to Jazz: Crown Albums List, accessed February 20, 2014

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Modern Jazz Quartet

Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay

Kenny Clarke, Mickey Roker, Albert Heath

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
except where indicated.

Group
albums|

* Wizard of the Vibes (as Milt Jackson Quartet, 1952)
* 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (and Ben Webster, 1953)
* Django (1953–55)
* Concorde (1955)
* Fontessa (1956)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn (1956)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (1957)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House (1957)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (with Sonny Rollins, 1958)
* Pyramid (1959–60)
* Music from Odds Against Tomorrow/Patterns (1959)
* European Concert (1960)
* Dedicated to Connie (1960 [1995])
* The Comedy (1960–62)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra (1960)
* Lonely Woman (1962)
* The Sheriff (1963)
* Collaboration (and Laurindo Almeida, 1964)
* The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1964–65)
* Jazz Dialogue (1965)
* Blues at Carnegie Hall (1966)
* Place Vendôme (and The Swingle Singers, 1966)
* Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
* Under the Jasmin Tree (1967)
* Space (1969)
* Plastic Dreams (1971)
* The Legendary Profile (1972)
* In Memoriam (1973)
* Blues on Bach (1973)
* The Complete Last Concert (1974 [1988])
* Reunion at Budokan 1981 (1981)
* Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82 (1982)
* Echoes (1984)
* Topsy: This One's for Basie (1985)
* Three Windows (1987)
* For Ellington (1988)
* MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1992–1993)

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