The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music

The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music is an album of music composed by John Lewis, arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller, which was first released on the Norgran label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album three stars out of five. The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album a "Crown" of recommended jazz recordings.

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis

1. Midsömmer" - 9:57
2. "Little David's Fugue" - 5:33
3. "The Queen's Fancy" - 4:52
4. "Django" - 8:04
5. "Sun Dance" - 3:16

Personnel

• John Lewis - supervisor, arranger
• Gunther Schuller - French horn, arranger, conductor
• J. J. Johnson - trombone
• Jim Poole - flute
• Manny Ziegler - bassoon
• Aaron Sachs (tracks 2, 4 & 5), Anthony Sciacca (tracks 1 & 3) - clarinet
• Stan Getz (tracks 1 & 3), Lucky Thompson (tracks 2, 4 & 5) - tenor saxophone
• Percy Heath - bass
• Connie Kay - drums

References