Subj : Re: Jazz
To   : Stephen Jones
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Wed Jul 12 2000 01:28 pm

-=> Stephen Jones wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

 SJ> I'm kind of lukewarm about most jazz, but in about '73 I picked 
 SJ> up an album by The Modern Jazz Quartet called "In Memorium".
 SJ> I don't know what the memorial was, but it sure was cool.
 SJ> I can't think of an adjective that better describes the sound.
 SJ> Even my mom likes it! ;=)                                

   Hehe... yeah I'm a big fan of the MJQ.  "In Memoriam" is almost
 classical in nature.  'Cool' is a good word to describe it.
 Personally, I think it's a little too cool - it lacks spark - but
 it's a very easy album to listen to.
   The title piece was written by John Lewis for his piano teacher
 who had passed away about a year previously.  It could however, have
 been in memoriam to the Modern Jazz Quartet themselves, since it was
 their last studio recording before breaking up.

    Martin
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