The Modern Jazz Society - Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music
  • Author: The Modern Jazz Society
  • Album: Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music
  • Size: 1525 mb
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Norgran Records ‎– MG N-1040, Verve Records ‎– MGN1040
    Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 1989
    Category: Jazz
    Style: Contemporary Jazz
The Modern Jazz Society - Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music

Tracklist

A1 Midsömmer 9:57
A2 Little David's Fugue 5:33
B1 The Queen's Fancy 4:52
B2 Django 8:04
B3 Sun Dance 3:16

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Polydor K.K. – 25MJ3609

Credits

  • Arranged By, Orchestrated By – Gunther Schuller (tracks: B1, B2)
  • Bass – Percy Heath
  • Bassoon – Manuel Zegler
  • Clarinet – Aaron Sachs (tracks: A2, B2, B3), Anthony Sciacca (tracks: A1, B1)
  • Design [Cover] – David Stone Martin
  • Drums – Connie Kay
  • Flute – James Politis
  • French Horn – Gunther Schuller
  • Harp – Janet Putnam
  • Producer – Norman Granz (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
  • Supervised By, Composed By, Liner Notes – John Lewis
  • Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (tracks: A2, B2, B3), Stan Getz (tracks: A1, B1)
  • Trombone – J.J. Johnson

Notes

Recorded March 14, 1955 in NYC
Of the five compositions that were recorded for this album, three were specifically commissioned by Mr. Norman Granz for this date.
The remaining two, "Django" and "The Queens Fancy", were older compositions of John Lewis that were specially orchestrated by Mr. Gunther Schuller for this session.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: MGN-1040A
  • Matrix / Runout: MGN-1040B .11501

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
MG N-1040 The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music ‎(LP, Album) Norgran Records MG N-1040 US 1956
657 102 The Modern Jazz Ensemble Little David's Fugue ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE) Polydor 657 102 Germany Unknown
MG N-1040 The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music ‎(LP, RE) Norgran Records MG N-1040 Japan 1989
33 CX 10038 The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music ‎(LP, Album) Columbia 33 CX 10038 UK 1957
823 089-1 The Modern Jazz Society Presents A Concert Of Contemporary Music ‎(LP, Album, RE) Verve Records 823 089-1 France 1984

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