The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music information
1955 studio album by John Lewis
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
Studio album by
John Lewis
Released
1955
Recorded
March 14, 1955 New York City
Genre
Jazz
Length
43:08
Label
Norgran MGN 1040
Producer
Norman Granz
John Lewis chronology
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1955)
Grand Encounter (1956)
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music is an album of music composed by John Lewis and arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller which was first released on the Norgran label.[1][2]
^Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series accessed March 23, 2016
^Furtsner, M. John Lewis DDiscography accessed March 23, 2016
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