Release Date: 09/01/1994
Format: LP
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-206, Rhino Records, Atlantic
Release type: Reissued/Remastered 200 Gram High Definition Vinyl LP Pressing
- Numbered #6119
Originally put out in 1966 on Atlantic Records, this release captures jazz’s resident ‘chamber ensemble’ in a concert taped in April of that year. At peak form before a very receptive audience, and in a spectacular venue for both performing and recording, Blues at Carnegie Hall is the result of a benefit concert for the Manhattan School of Music.
Musical director and pianist John Lewis decided to dedicate the first half of the MJQ concert to the blues, a specialty genre of the foursome. With Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Connie Kay on drums and Percy Heath on bass, MJQ delivered a typical highly sophisticated and seemingly effortless performance.
- Pyramid (Blues For Junior) 7:42
- The Cylinder 4:47
- Really True Blues 4:18
- Ralph’s New Blues 5:30
- Monterey Mist 4:00
- Home 3:52
- Blues Milanese 6:01
- Bag’s Groove 4:04