Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid (1960 Reissue) (2003)

“This album affords good insight into the evolution of the MJQ with its new versions of ‘Django’ and ‘Vendome’. The present interpretations are taken at faster tempos than the original recordings, and while some of the subtle interplay among the instruments is lost, they swing more. In fact the LP swings as much if not more than any of the quartet’s previous efforts; but it’s a delicate swing, not of the sweaty,
down-home sort. Besides swinging, the MJQ offers intelligence also, something that the back-to-the-land advocates sometimes omit. A fine and worthy addition to your file of albums.”