Private recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet in my collection

In the following you will find a list of my collection of private recordings of the MJQ. It is a short version, full version with tracks I will send upon request by email. Some recordings on the preceding page are based on private recordings, but they have been commercially available as bootlegs. So, this list includes private recordings, which I have managed to get by exchange.

  1. MJQ in Newport Jazz Festival 3.7.1959, One CD.From Wolfgangs's Vault.
  2. MJQ with british musicians Ronnie Ross (bs) and Joe Harriot (as) during a tour in UK. Three + one + one +three CD's recorded 2nd and 4th of December, 1959. CD's from different sources, partly same performances.
  3. MJQ in Newport Jazz Festival 1.7.1965, One CD.From Wolfgangs's Vault.
  4. MJQ in Gorizia, Italy March 1, 1969, two CD's, sound is not good.
  5. MJQ in Philharmonic Hall 3.7.1973, One CD.From Wolfgangs's Vault. A short concert.
  6. MJQ at Wollman Memorial Rink 3.7.1973, One CD.From Wolfgangs's Vault. A short concert.
  7. MJQ in Tokyo, April 1974, two CD's.
  8. MJQ in Pori Jazz Festival, Finland, July 1982 . One DVD.
  9. MJQ in Dominion Theatre, London March 22, 1983. Three CD's. Third CD is from a BBC radio program after the death of John Lewis. It contains tunes not on the other CD's plus some comments of the speaker and John discussing with Milt. On second encore "Bag's Groove" Ray Brown is playing bass.
  10. MJQ in San Remo Jazz Festival, 20.7.1983. Two CDs.
  11. Old MJQ at NDR Jazzworkshop, Hamburg. October 27, 1983. First part of the concert, one CD. A historic performance! (Second part of the concert is on my CD no 65.) (John, Milt, Ray and Kenny). Four tracks+one incomplete on DVD-RAM and DVD-R. (Same as in YouTube).
  12. MJQ in Berlin October 28, 1983. One CD.
  13. MJQ in Paris October 29, 1983. Two CD's.
  14. MJQ in Perugia, 11.7.1985. One DVD.
  15. MJQ in Tokyo 1985. One CD.
  16. MJQ in Osaka, 1985. Two CD's.
  17. MJQ at the Jazz Festival Juan de Pins 1985 (two tracks) and at the Nice Jazz Festival 1987 (two tracks). One CD.
  18. MJQ at Satin Doll in Tokyo 1986. One CD. Also DVD-RAM and DVD-R versions, which have one additional track: Bag's Groove.
  19. MJQ in Tübingen, Germany June 22, 1986. One CD.
  20. MJQ in the Royal Festival Hall, London June 23, 1986. One CD.
  21. MJQ in Bath Festival June 7, 1987, Now two CD's with excellent sound.
  22. MJQ in New York Marriot Marquis Hotel with violinist Itzhak Perlman 1987. A YouTube video, "Summertime".
  23. MJQ in North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland July 16, 1982 (two tracks) and July 11, 1987 (nine tracks).One CD.
  24. MJQ in ZDF Jazzclub, Stadthalle Leonberg, Germany, April 1988. Three tracks recorded on VHS from the 3SAT broadcast in December 2000. Now also digitalized.
  25. MJQ in Fabrik Hamburg May 25, 1988. Two CD's.
  26. MJQ in Capital Jazz Festival, England 1988. One DVD.
  27. MJQ at Münchener Klaviersommer, July 14, 1988. One DVD.
  28. MJQ in Castle Hotel, Stockholm, 1989. One DVD.
  29. MJQ in Paris, Theatre du Chatelet, 29.10.1989. One CD.
  30. MJQ in Trieste, Teatro Verdi, 30.10.1989. One DVD.
  31. MJQ at the Montreux Jazz Festival July 29, 1990. Two tracks on one CD.
  32. MJQ at the Montreal Jazz Festival July 2, 1990. One track with Quartet Quatuor Morency. One DVD.
  33. MJQ at the Concord Jazz Festival in Tokyo November 11, 1990.One CD and one DVD with little bit different tracks. CD includes a rare piece "The Majesty of the Sun".
  34. MJQ at the Blue Note, Tokyo, March 12, 1991. DVD-RAM and DVD-R
  35. MJQ in Bologna, Teatro Medica, 17.4.1991. Two CDs.
  36. MJQ at St. Albany Jazz Festival 1991. One CD.
  37. MJQ at Jazz in Marciac, France August 17, 1991. Includes a rare piece "The Majesty of the Sun". Two CD's.
  38. MJQ in Osaka 1992. Two CD's.With Laurindo Almeida. Sound is not good.
  39. MJQ in Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris October 18, 1992. Mickey Roker on drums. One CD.
  40. MJQ in Rome December 11, 1995. Albert Heath on drums. Two CD's.
  41. MJQ at Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival Tokyo 1995. One DVD. Albert Heath on drums.
  42. MJQ in National Filharmonic Warsaw December 5, 1995. Albert Heath on drums. One DVD.
  43. MJQ rare tracks. Two tracks KABC-TV Stars of Jazz #23 Telecast, Los Angeles 1958, one track from concert in Prague 1965 and some others included already on other CD's.

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