# Three Windows

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Three Windows
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Modern Jazz Quartet](/source/Modern_Jazz_Quartet)
| cover      = Three Windows.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1987
| recorded   = March 16–20, 1987<br /><small>New York City</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 51:38
| label      = [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) <small>81761-1</small>
| producer   = [Nesuhi Ertegun](/source/Nesuhi_Ertegun)
| chronology = [Modern Jazz Quartet](/source/Modern_Jazz_Quartet)
| prev_title = [Topsy: This One's for Basie](/source/Topsy%3A_This_One's_for_Basie)
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [The Complete Last Concert](/source/The_Complete_Last_Concert)
| next_year  = 1988
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
|rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="Penguin">Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1016</ref>
}}
'''''Three Windows''''' is an album by American jazz group the [Modern Jazz Quartet](/source/Modern_Jazz_Quartet) featuring performances recorded with the [New York Chamber Symphony](/source/New_York_Chamber_Symphony) in 1987 and released on the [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) label.<ref name="Modern Jazz Quartet discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/the-modern-jazz-quartet/catalog/album-index/#atlantic-81761-2 Modern Jazz Quartet discography] accessed June 1, 2012</ref>

==Reception==
The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review stated "Nice music overall although this is not one of the most essential MJQ releases".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/three-windows-mw0000188571 Allmusic Review] accessed June 1, 2012</ref>

==Track listing==
''All compositions by John Lewis''
# "Three Windows" - 8:13
# "Kansas City Breaks" - 6:29
# "Encounter in Cagnes" - 12:28
# "[Django](/source/Django_(composition))" - 7:54    
# "A Day in Dubrovnik" - 16:34

==Personnel==
*[Milt Jackson](/source/Milt_Jackson) - [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone)
*[John Lewis](/source/John_Lewis_(pianist)) - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Percy Heath](/source/Percy_Heath) - [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Connie Kay](/source/Connie_Kay) - [drums](/source/drum_kit), [percussion](/source/percussion) 
*[New York Chamber Symphony](/source/New_York_Chamber_Symphony) [conducted](/source/conducting) by John Lewis

==References==
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{{Modern Jazz Quartet}}

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Category:Atlantic Records albums
Category:Modern Jazz Quartet albums
Category:1987 albums
Category:Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
Category:Orchestral jazz albums

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