The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1957 and released as a split album on the Verve label.Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 29, 2012 The tracks by Oscar Peterson were subsequently released on Peterson's 1957 album Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw.Yanow, S. Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw Almmusic Review, accessed May 30, 2012
Reception The AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "While the MJQ sounds much more introverted than the more exuberant Oscar Peterson Trio, the two popular groups have more similarities than differences".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
Track listing Side One: "D & E Blues" (John Lewis) - 4:08 "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) - 4:34 "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:47 Side Two: "Should I?" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:28 "Big Fat Mama" (Lucky Millinder, Stafford Simon) - 7:24 "Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:55 "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 5:27 "Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence, Gerry Mulligan) - 3:18
Personnel Side One: Milt Jackson - vibraphone John Lewis - piano Percy Heath - bass Connie Kay - drums Side Two Oscar Peterson - piano Herb Ellis - guitar Ray Brown - bass
See also Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (Verve, 1957) Ella Fitzgerald, At the Opera House (Verve, 1958)
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