Modern Jazz Quartet

band · 1952 · New York

Quartet that emerged from Dizzy Gillespie's rhythm section: John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke, then Connie Kay. It performed in suits in concert halls and blended blues, bop, and Baroque counterpoint.

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Styles

• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• Third stream

Landmark tracks

• Django (1955)
• Concorde (1955)
• Fontessa (1956)
• One Never Knows (1958)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Dedicated episode · Feb 10, 2019: Modern Jazz Quartet, le Feu et la Glace (59 Rue des Archives, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN : Modern Jazz Quartet

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