- Performer: The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Title: Fontessa
- Genre: Jazz
- Cat #: 1231
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: US
- Date of release: 1956
- Style: Bop, Cool Jazz
- FLAC size 2321 mb
- MP3 size: 2798 mb
- Record From Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Black Labels
Tracklist
| 1 | Angel EyesWritten-By – Brent, Dennis | 3:48 |
| 2 | BluesologyWritten-By – Milt Jackson | 5:04 |
| 3 | Versailles (Porte De Versailles)Written-By – John Lewis | 3:22 |
| 4 | FontessaWritten-By – John Lewis | 11:12 |
| 5 | Willow Weep For MeWritten-By – Ann Ronell | 4:47 |
| 6 | Over The RainbowWritten-By – Harburg, Arlen | 3:50 |
| 7 | Woodyn YouWritten-By – Dizzy Gillespie | 4:25 |
Credits
- Bass – Percy Heath
- Design [Cover] – Guidi
- Drums – Connie Kay
- Illustration [Cover Drawing] – Norman Sunshine
- Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
- Photography By – William Claxton
- Piano – John Lewis
- Recorded By – John Kraus, Rudy Van Gelder
- Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun
- Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Milt Jackson
- Artwork – Norman Sunshine
- Bass – Percy Heath
- Design [Cover] – Guidi
- Drums – Connie Kay
- Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
- Photography By – William Claxton
- Piano – John Lewis
- Recorded By – John Kraus, Rudy Van Gelder
- Vibraphone [Vibraharp] – Milt Jackson
- Bass – Percy Heath
- Drums – Connie Kay
- Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
- Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
- Written-By, Piano – John Lewis
Notes
Label has no "JAZZ" in between "AMERICAN" & "RECORDING"
Labeled "FONTESSA" - Part 1 on A side & "FONTESSA" - Part 2 on B side
Catalogue number on labels is same as on cover.
Labels and printing info on flip back sleeve indicate a 1956 pressing.
Recorded in NYC, January 22, 1956 (A1 to B1, B3, B4)); recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 14, 1956 (B2).
No track durations on this release, durations taken from first US issue.
London Records address on rear cover, cf. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa
Flipback sleeve (two flips).Recorded in NYC, January 22, 1956 (A1 to B1, B3, B4)
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 14, 1956 (B2).
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): AML-366-1B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): AML-367-1B
- Rights Society: BIEM
- Rights Society: NCB
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AML.366
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AML.367
- Rights Society: NCB
- Matrix / Runout (Label, Side A): MREP-378-A
- Matrix / Runout (Label, Side B): MREP-378-B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): 11353B AT3 H
- Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): 11354C AT2 A
Companies
- Printed By – AB Roos Tryckerier
- Published By – Acorn Music
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
- Designed At – Tri-Arts
- Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
- Designed At – Tri-Arts