Description
The Modern Jazz Quartet – Fontessa / Atlantic Jazz LP
ATLANTIC 1231
Fontessa is a 1956 album by the Modern Jazz Quartet released on Atlantic Records. It was the first of their albums released on Atlantic. The album was released in the USA in mono on the black Atlantic label with catalogue number 1231. It was released in the USA in stereo on the green Atlantic label with catalogue number SD 1231. The prefix SD stands for Stereo Disc. The current internationally available CD release is the mono version. A Japanese CD exists of the stereo version. Additionally both mono and stereo versions were released in many other territories, for example the UK with London LTZ-K 15022 for the mono and London SAH-K 6031 for the stereo. The 11-minute title tune by the group's pianist and musical director John Lewis was inspired by Commedia dell'arte, and the four characters depicted in it are pictured on the cover.
| Label: |
Atlantic Jazz – ATLANTIC 1231 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
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| Genre: | Jazz |
| Style: | Post Bop, Cool Jazz |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Versailles (Porte De Versailles) |
3:22 | |
| 2 | Angel Eyes | 3:48 | |
| 3 | Fontessa | 11:12 | |
| 4 | Over The Rainbow | 3:50 | |
| 5 | Bluesology | 5:04 | |
| 6 | Willow Weep For Me | 4:47 | |
| 7 | Woodyn You | 4:25 |
- Bass – Percy Heath
- Drums – Connie Kay
- Piano – John Lewis (2)
- Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
- Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Milt Jackson
