The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff - Pure Pleasure LP

High Quality 180g Vinyl LP!Re-mastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering!The Modern Jazz Quartet, consisting of John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Connie Kay, perform bluesy selections for this 1963 recording."Recorded in 1963, The Sheriff features the Modern Jazz Quartet in fine swinging form... There are four originals by pianist John Lewis, including the fleeting, bluesy title cut, and the moody, spacious "In a Crowd" -- originally composed for the 1961 film A Milanese Story. Its stepped-up time signature and series of phrases played by Milt Jackson grounds the tune in blues, but Lewis' solo feels more like a solo trumpet breezing through the center. The set includes Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasileiras," a classical piece the quartet first performed with guitarist Laurindo Almeida. Bassist Percy Heath is stellar here, playing both arco and pizzicato and alternately moving the work forward with deftness and precision. Lewis and Jackson engage in gorgeous counterpoint throug