The Legendary Profile
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Legendary Profile
| type = Album
| artist = Modern Jazz Quartet
| cover = The Legendary Profile.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = June 1, 1972
| venue =
| studio = Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:37
| label = Atlantic 1623
| producer = John Lewis
| chronology = Modern Jazz Quartet
| prev_title = Plastic Dreams
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = In Memoriam
| next_year = 1974
| misc =
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Milt Jackson
| type = Album
| prev_title = Cherry
| prev_year = 1972
| title = The Legendary Profile
| year = 1972
| next_title = Sunflower
| next_year = 1973
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 143
}}
}}
The Legendary Profile is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/the-modern-jazz-quartet/catalog/#atlantic-sd-1623 Modern Jazz Quartet discography] accessed June 1, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "This is an MJQ album that, for most fans, is somewhat off their beaten path. At a time when they had left Apple records, returning to the Atlantic label, and when fusion was just getting started, the group incorporates more Brazilian music in the mix, and John Lewis plays Fender Rhodes electric piano on two tracks... Not an essential item in their catalog, this is reserved strictly for completists".Nastos, M. G. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-legendary-profile-mw0000811774 Allmusic Review] accessed June 1, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
- "The Legendary Profile" (Milt Jackson) - 4:53
- "Valeria" - 4:30
- "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) - 6:54
- "The Martyr" (Jackson) - 6:41
- "What Now My Love (Et Maintenant)" (Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman) - 5:42
- "Romance" - 6:57
Personnel
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Production
- John Lewis – producer
- Lew Hahn – engineer
- Richard Mantel – art direction, design
- Buddy Endress – photography
References
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Category:Atlantic Records albums