Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
Music from Odds Against Tomorrow | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | October 9–10, 1959 | |||
Studio | Olmsted Sound Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:12 | |||
Label | United Artists UAL 4063, 4072, 5072 | |||
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Patterns cover | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | [2] |
Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (also released as Patterns) is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring interpretations of the soundtrack score for the 1959 motion picture Odds Against Tomorrow. It was released on United Artists Records, the label that the films' production company United Artists had founded two years earlier for its film soundtracks.[3] The album was recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet and a 22-piece orchestra.[4]
Pianist John Lewis wrote and arranged the original score. Although he had already written music for No Sun in Venice, this was the first time Lewis—given early 16 mm film proofs—composed along the story-line rather than delivering “a set of isolated pieces”.[4] Gunther Schuller, who organized the orchestra for the original soundtrack recordings, noticed that “it can serve its purpose in the film. But it can also stand as absolute music apart from the original situation.”[4]
Reception
The Allmusic review states "all of the selections have their memorable moments and it is good to hear this classic unit playing such fresh material".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis
- "Skating in Central Park" - 6:07
- "No Happiness for Slater" - 5:18
- "A Social Call" - 4:45
- "Cue No. 9" - 5:00
- "A Cold Wind Is Blowing" - 7:29
- "Odds Against Tomorrow" - 3:33
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (1 January 1966). "Modern Jazz Quartet: Patterns" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 251. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed September 1, 2012
- ^ a b c Liner notes for the British issue of Patterns (United Artists/EMI ULP 1111, after 1963)
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Kenny Clarke, Mickey Roker, Albert Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,except where indicated.
albums
- Wizard of the Vibes (as Milt Jackson Quartet, 1952)
- 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (and Ben Webster, 1953)
- Django (1953–55)
- Concorde (1955)
- Fontessa (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (with Sonny Rollins, 1958)
- Pyramid (1959–60)
- Music from Odds Against Tomorrow/Patterns (1959)
- European Concert (1960)
- Dedicated to Connie (1960 [1995])
- The Comedy (1960–62)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra (1960)
- Lonely Woman (1962)
- The Sheriff (1963)
- Collaboration (and Laurindo Almeida, 1964)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1964–65)
- Jazz Dialogue (1965)
- Blues at Carnegie Hall (1966)
- Place Vendôme (and The Swingle Singers, 1966)
- Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
- Under the Jasmin Tree (1967)
- Space (1969)
- Plastic Dreams (1971)
- The Legendary Profile (1972)
- In Memoriam (1973)
- Blues on Bach (1973)
- The Complete Last Concert (1974 [1988])
- Reunion at Budokan 1981 (1981)
- Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82 (1982)
- Echoes (1984)
- Topsy: This One's for Basie (1985)
- Three Windows (1987)
- For Ellington (1988)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1992–1993)