Space (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

1969 studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet

Space

Studio album by

Modern Jazz Quartet

Released| October 4, 1969
Recorded| 1969
Studio| Trident Studios, London[1]
Genre| Jazz
Length| 33:24
Label| Apple
SAPCOR 10 (UK) / STAO 3360 (US)
Producer| John Lewis
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
| Under the Jasmin Tree
(1968)  | Space
(1969)  | Plastic Dreams
(1971)

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Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|  [3]
Tom Hull| B[4]

Space is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Apple label.[5]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Overall this is an average but worthy outing from a group whose excellence could always be taken for granted".[2]

## Track listing

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Side one

1. "Visitor from Venus" (John Lewis) – 5:40
2. "Visitor from Mars" (John Lewis) – 7:18
3. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:20

Side two

1.   2. "Dilemma" (Miljenko Prohaska) – 5:48
3. "Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez" (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 10:18

## Personnel

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

## References

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1. ^ "Modern Jazz Quartet – Space (Apple SAPCOR 10) (1969)". April 16, 2011.
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2012
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
4. ^ Hull, Tom (December 2010). "Recycled Goods". Static Multimedia. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
5. ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 31, 2012

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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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