The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa

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The Modern Jazz Quartet
Fontessa

Album US 1956 on Atlantic label
Jazz (Bop, Cool Jazz)

Recorded in NYC, January 22, 1956 (A1 to B1, B3, B4) Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 14, 1956 (B2).

Musicians

	The Modern Jazz Quartet , 1946-1974 US album by
	Percy Heath b, 1923-2005 US bass
	Connie Kay dr, *1927 US drums
	John Lewis p, 1920-2001 US piano, written by
	Milt Jackson vib, 1923-1999 US vibraphone, vibraharp, written by

Producers

Robert Guidi design, cover

Norman Sunshine illustration, cover drawing

Ralph J. Gleason liner notes

William Claxton photography by

John Kraus recorded by

Rudy Van Gelder recorded by

Nesuhi Ertegun supervised by

Composers

John Lewis

Earl K. Brent

Matt Dennis

E.Y. Harburg

Harold Arlen

Milt Jackson

Ann Ronell

Dizzy Gillespie

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Versailles (Porte De Versailles)	The Modern Jazz Quartet	John Lewis	3:22
2	Angel Eyes	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis	3:48
3	Fontessa	The Modern Jazz Quartet	John Lewis	11:12
4	Over The Rainbow	The Modern Jazz Quartet	E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen	3:50
5	Bluesology	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Milt Jackson	5:04
6	Willow Weep For Me	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Ann Ronell	4:47
7	Woodyn You	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Dizzy Gillespie	4:25

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