Compact Jazz: Modern Jazz Quartet Plus
Released: October 1957
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Released: October 1957
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A strictly budget smattering of recent MJQ cuts. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Concorde
Released: Jul 2, 1955
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Released: Jul 2, 1955
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After issuing 10" EPs for several years, Concorde (1955) marked two significant touchstones in the five-plus-decade career of the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ). One of those was the replacement of...
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Django
Released: Jun 25, 1953
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Released: Jun 25, 1953
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Hailing from a trio of Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) sessions, Django (1955) contains some of the earliest sides that Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath (bass) and Kenny Clarke...
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European Concert
Released: Apr 11, 1960
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Released: Apr 11, 1960
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Long considered one of, if not the classic album from the Modern Jazz Quartet, European Concert defines them simultaneously as a recording entity as well as a working band. MJQ presented...
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Fontessa
Released: Jan 22, 1956
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Released: Jan 22, 1956
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This LP has a particularly strong all-around set by The Modern Jazz Quartet. While John Lewis' "Versailles" and an 11-minute "Fontessa" show the seriousness of the group (and the influence of...
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The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays Jazz Classics
Released: Dec 22, 1952
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Released: Dec 22, 1952
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Even though a majority of the material has been compiled in a variety of configurations and given at least as many monikers, the eight tunes that comprise the Modern Jazz Quartet Plays Jazz...
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Jazz Dialogue
Released: May 25, 1965
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Released: May 25, 1965
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This is an unusual record in The Modern Jazz Quartet's discography for it matches The MJQ (vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist John Lewis, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Connie Kay) with an...
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Live at the Lighthouse
Released: March 1967
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Released: March 1967
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This fairly obscure LP by the Modern Jazz Quartet features fresh material and improvisations that are both swinging and creative. Pianist John Lewis' "The Spiritual" and "Baseball," along with...
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Lonely Woman
Released: Jan 24, 1962
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Released: Jan 24, 1962
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Having sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz. Lewis'...
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