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M J Q

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Recorded	Dec 11, 1952 & Jun 16, 1954
Label	Prestige
Catalog	LP 7059
Released	1952
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 337732

The record

Two pianists and a trumpeter crowd this early date, recorded before Kay and the settled four-man lineup existed. Clarke's brushwork hints at the restraint the group would soon make its signature.

Session personnel

Percy Heath — bass
Kenny Clarke — drums
Horace Silver — piano
John Lewis — piano
Henry Boozier — trumpet
Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibes]

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 21 pressings on file.

1956	Prestige · LP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file
1958	Prestige · LP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove
1964	Prestige · LP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono, Blue Labels · deep groove
1966	Musart · D 1183 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp
—	Prestige · PRLP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove; RVG stamp
—	Metronome · LP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Deepgroove · deep groove
—	Prestige · LP 7059 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove
1956	Prestige — MONO
1962	Atlantic · 332041 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1974	Prestige · LPP 97011 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1979	Prestige · SMJ-6598(M) — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1984	Prestige · 7711-2 / CD 3 — CD, Compilation, Reissue
1985	Atlantic · FCPA 1089 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Stereo
1985	Atlantic · FKPA 2040 — Cassette, Compilation