Music from Odds Against Tomorrow

Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (also released as Patterns) is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring interpretations of the soundtrack score for the 1959 motion picture Odds Against Tomorrow. It was released on United Artists Records, the label that the films' production company United Artists had founded two years earlier for its film soundtracks.^[3] The album was recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet and a 22-piece orchestra.^[4]

Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
Soundtrack album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Released	1959
Recorded	October 9–10, 1959
Studio	Olmsted Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:12
Label	United Artists UAL 4063, 4072, 5072
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
At Music Inn Volume 2 (1959) Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Third Stream Music (1960)
Milt Jackson chronology
The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1959) Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Third Stream Music (1960)
Patterns cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Pianist John Lewis wrote and arranged the original score. Although he had already written music for No Sun in Venice, this was the first time Lewis—given early 16 mm film proofs—composed along the story-line rather than delivering “a set of isolated pieces”.^[4] Gunther Schuller, who organized the orchestra for the original soundtrack recordings, noticed that “it can serve its purpose in the film. But it can also stand as absolute music apart from the original situation.”^[4]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "all of the selections have their memorable moments and it is good to hear this classic unit playing such fresh material".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis

1. "Skating in Central Park" - 6:07
2. "No Happiness for Slater" - 5:18
3. "A Social Call" - 4:45
4. "Cue No. 9" - 5:00
5. "A Cold Wind Is Blowing" - 7:29
6. "Odds Against Tomorrow" - 3:33

Personnel

• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• John Lewis - piano
• Percy Heath - bass
• Connie Kay - drums

References

1. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 29, 2012
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (1 January 1966). "Modern Jazz Quartet: Patterns" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 251. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
3. Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed September 1, 2012
4. Liner notes for the British issue of Patterns (United Artists/EMI ULP 1111, after 1963)