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Patterns

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Patterns cover
RecordedJul 1959
LabelUnited Artists Records
Released1959
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 259483

The record

Piano-led writing opens plenty of space for the vibraphone to swing on this United Artists date, part of a packed late-'50s run. Blues warmth and formal control trade the lead evenly.

Session personnel

  • Percy Heath — bass
  • Connie Kay — drums
  • John Lewis — piano, composed by, arranged by
  • Milt Jackson — vibraphone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1960United Artists Records · UAL 4072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono earliest on file
1960United Artists Records — MONO
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Hollywood Pressing
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Bridgeport Pressing
1960United Artists Records · UAL 4072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1960United Artists Records · UAL 4072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1960United Artists Records · UAL 4072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1960United Artists Records · UAL 4072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Bridgeport Pressing
1965United Artists Records · ULP 1111 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono

Follow the players

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Connie Kay also plays on

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John Lewis also plays on

In The Beginning
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Lester Swings
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Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet
Milt Jackson
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis

Milt Jackson also plays on

The Hawk Flies
Coleman Hawkins
In The Beginning
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Prime Source
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The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
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