Concorde (album)

Concorde
Studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Released	1955 (digitally remastered edition released 1995)
Recorded	July 2, 1955, New York, NY.
Genre	Cool jazz Third Stream Post bop
Length	35:38
Label	Prestige Records
Producer	Ira Gitler,and Bob Weinstock
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
1953: An Exceptional Encounter (1953) Concorde (1955) Django (1956)

Concorde is an album by The Modern Jazz Quartet. First released in 1955 as an LP. Recorded in New York, New York on July 2, 1955. Originally released on Prestige (7005). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler. The album was reissued in 2008 as part of the Rudy Van Gelder Remasters collection.

This Album is the first to feature Drummer Connie Kay, who replaced Kenny Clarke in 1955. "Concorde" is also the first Modern Jazz Quartet LP conceived from the beginning as a long playing record. Previous MJQ recordings had been released as 78's, 10 inch 33's or reissues of these formats on a 12 inch LP. The liner notes acknowledge the additional playing time of the LP format by asking the listener to regard this album as a performance set "at one of America's leading Jazz rooms".

Track listing

1. "Ralph's New Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 7:08
2. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:31
3. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 5:09
4. "Gershwin Medley: Soon; For You,For Me, Forevermore; Love Walked In; Our Love Is Here To Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:54
5. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 7:54
6. "Concorde" (John Lewis) – 3:42

Personnel

• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• John Lewis – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Connie Kay – drums