Subj : Re: Jazz
To   : Stephen Jones
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Wed Jul 12 2000 01:28 pm

-=> Stephen Jones wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

SJ> I'm kind of lukewarm about most jazz, but in about '73 I picked
SJ> up an album by The Modern Jazz Quartet called "In Memorium".
SJ> I don't know what the memorial was, but it sure was cool.
SJ> I can't think of an adjective that better describes the sound.
SJ> Even my mom likes it! ;=)

  Hehe... yeah I'm a big fan of the MJQ.  "In Memoriam" is almost
classical in nature.  'Cool' is a good word to describe it.
Personally, I think it's a little too cool - it lacks spark - but
it's a very easy album to listen to.
  The title piece was written by John Lewis for his piano teacher
who had passed away about a year previously.  It could however, have
been in memoriam to the Modern Jazz Quartet themselves, since it was
their last studio recording before breaking up.

   Martin
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