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Third Stream Music

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Recorded	Aug 23, 1957 & Sep 15, 1959
Label	Atlantic
Released	1957
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 129051

The record

This session gave Gunther Schuller's term its name, setting the quartet alongside the Jimmy Giuffre Three, cello, and French horn so classical form and swing phrasing could meet without either one winning out. Jackson's vibes drift easily over bassoon and flute.

Session personnel

Percy Heath — bass
Joe Tekula — cello
Connie Kay — drums
John Lewis — piano
Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibraharp]
Ralph Peña — bass
Jimmy Giuffre — clarinet, tenor saxophone
Jim Hall — guitar
Manuel Zegler — bassoon
William McColl — clarinet
Robert DiDomenica — flute
Paul Ingraham — french horn
Betty Glamann — harp
Carl Eberl — viola
Gerald Tarack — violin [1st]
Alan Martin — violin [2nd]

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 40 pressings on file.

1960	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1960	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1960	London Atlantic · SAH-K 6124 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Atlantic · LTZ-K15207 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Atlantic · SAL-5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Atlantic · ATL-5050 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Atlantic · SD 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Atlantic · ALC 1917 — Reel-To-Reel, 4-Track Stereo, Album
1960	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono
1962	Atlantic · 1345 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
1965	Atlantic · SMJ-7287 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1966	Atlantic — STEREO