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The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. The Quartet consisted of John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and various drummers, most notably Kenny Clarke and Connie Kay. The group grew out of the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's big band from 1946 to 1948, which consisted of Lewis, Jackson, and Clarke along with bassist Ray Brown. They recorded as the Milt Jackson Quartet in 1951 and Brown left the group, being replaced on bass by Heath. During the early-to-mid-1950s they became the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lewis became the group's musical director, and they made several recordings with Prestige Records, including the original versions of their two best-known compositions, Lewis's "Django" and Jackson's "Bags' Groove". Clarke left the group in 1955 and was replaced as drummer by Kay, and in 1956 they moved to Atlantic Records and made their first tour to Europe. Under Lewis's direction, they carved their own niche by specializing in elegant, restrained music that used sophisticated counterpoint inspired by baroque music, yet nonetheless retained a strong blues feel. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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In A Sentimental Mood
Sonny Rollins
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Django
The Modern Jazz Quartet
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Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (RVG Remaster 2008)
The Modern Jazz Quartet
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Blues in C Minor
The Modern Jazz Quartet
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Ricercare 2 à 6 de L'offrande musicale, BWV 1079
The Swingle Singers

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The MJQ in the Movies

2040
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Sun Dance

2023
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10 Jazz Life

2022
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Jazz en Buenos Aires

2026
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The Modern Jazz Quartet Guest Star Laurindo Almeida

2023
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11 Jazz Life

2022
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The Quartet

2024
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14 Diabolical Jazz

2022
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Modern Jazz Quartet: The Montreux Years

2023
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13 Circumstancially Jazzy

2022

Singles & EPs

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A Day in Dubrovnik Suite: Morning (MJQ - Live Milt Jackson, John Lewis)

Single • 2024
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A Day in Dubrovnik Suite: Afternoon (MJQ - Live John Lewis, Milt Jackson)

Single • 2024
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Savoy Jazz Super

EP • 2009
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Three Windows (from No Sun in Venice) (MJQ - Live John Lewis, Percy Heath)

Single • 2024
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The Golden Striker (from "No Sun in Venice") (MJQ - Live, Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Radio version)

Single • 2024
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Ko-Ko (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1989; Edit)

Single • 2023
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Alexander's Fugue (MJQ - Live Milt Jackson, John Lewis)

Single • 2024
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Modern Jazz Quartet + Laurindo Almeida Live London December 19th. 1963 (Restauración 2023)

EP • 2023
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Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez (MJQ, Live, John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Radio version)

Single • 2024
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La Ronde

Single • 2013

Videos

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Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues In C Minor

Baiba Tropa • 154K views
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MJQ Django

Dave Gates • 2.2K views
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Laurindo Almeida plays One Note Samba

Ngoc-Tuan Hoang • 779K views
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J. S. Bach - Ricercare a 6 from "Musikalisches Opfer" BWV 1079 - Jazz-Voices transcription

Jacopo Montigiani • 204K views
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Modern Jazz Quartet - Summertime

RareMusicUploads • 276K views
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"Django" - Mashup featuring the Modern Jazz Quartet

Enjoy a Slice of Melody ~ Brown Beauty thee Editor • 12K views
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Bach:The Swingle Singers The Modern Jazz Quartet Air For G String1]

Miguel Ángel Balaguer • 1.3K views
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朝日のように、さわやかに　／　モダン・ジャズ・クァルテット

sarorun kamuy • 78K views
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Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid

Jim R C Baker • 107K views

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Springtime Jazz

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Cool Jazz Moods

Playlist • YouTube Music

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