Fontessa

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Fontessa
Studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Recorded	January 22, 1956 (1956-01-22) to February 14, 1956 (1956-02-14)
Genre	Jazz music
Length	36:28
Label	Atlantic
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Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Django 1956 Fontessa 1956 No Sun in Venice 1956

Fontessa is a 1956 album by the Modern Jazz Quartet released on Atlantic Records. It was the first of their albums released on Atlantic.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Versailles" (John Lewis) - 3:22
2. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:48
3. "Fontessa" (Lewis) - 11:12
4. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 3:50
5. "Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) - 5:04
6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 4:47
7. "Woody 'N You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:25

[edit] Personnel

• John Lewis - piano
• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Kenny Clarke - drums