Subj : Jazz
To   : Martin Ridgley
From : Stephen Jones
Date : Sat Jul 15 2000 04:25 am

Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Stephen Jones:

 MR>    Hehe... yeah I'm a big fan of the MJQ.  "In Memoriam" is almost 
 MR> classical in nature.  'Cool' is a good word to describe it. 
 MR> Personally, I think it's a little too cool - it lacks spark - but 
 MR> it's a very easy album to listen to.

I see where you might look at it from that way. I do like that little bass and 
hand clapping thing, though.

 MR>    The title piece was written by John Lewis for his piano teacher 
 MR> who had passed away about a year previously.  It could however,
 MR> have  been in memoriam to the Modern Jazz Quartet themselves, since
 MR> it was  their last studio recording before breaking up.
 
I'd just heard the name, but hadn't heard any that I could remember. One 
evening in the 70's our local FM hippie station played it and I loved it. 


  
Stephen
   
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