MODERN JAZZ QUARTET UNDER THE JASMINE TREE '68 APPLE LP

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Jul 13, 2012 Sold Date

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THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET ‘UNDER THE JASMINE TREE’ ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS (A1 + B1 STAMPER CODES) APPLE SAPCOR 4 VINYL LP IN LAMINATED SLEEVE

Sleeve Condition: Ex, a few creases in the laminate near the opening edge, some laminate lifting (though not separating from sleeve) near the spine. Otherwise clean and free from any kind of writing, stickers or marking.

Record Condition: Ex. An ex-hospital radio library copy which has clearly rarely been played or even taken out of its sleeve. Unmarked, the record plays Ex throughout and apart from the ‘Augustines Hospital Library’ stamp on the B side, shows no evidence of being anything other than a privately owned record. There is also a faint ‘St Augustine’s’ written in blue ink to the A side.

A more unlikely match of artists and label you will rarely find -- the dignified, classically influenced, indelibly Afro-American Modern Jazz Quartet and the Beatles' Apple Corps, Ltd. But Apple in its Rocking '60s heyday was one of the most daringly eclectic labels on the scene, and as the sole jazz act on the roster, the MJQ was given complete artistic freedom, with no electric guitars or period psychedelia apart from the misleading cover art.

The program is more or less standard, poised, painstakingly structured, gently swinging MJQ fare, the group's contrapuntal interplay as telepathic as ever. The most distinctive of John Lewis' compositions is the revolving minor-key theme of "Three Little Feelings, Pt. 1" (part of a three-movement suite), while "The Blue Necklace" has a bell going off like that of a cash register, and Milt Jackson is clearly in his element on the gospel-ish "The Jasmin Tree." An extremely rare LP even when it was in print -- the Beatles' rock audience ignored it, and MJQ's fans couldn't find it.

Tracklist

The Blue Necklace