THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
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The Modern Jazz Quartet were incredibly important in the development of jazz in the 1950s, and although they officially disbanded in 1974, they’ve reformed for both concerts and recordings several times since then, making them now an “evergreen” jazz band. It was not always so.
The Modern Jazz Quartet was originally formed as the Milt Jackson Quartet (which, conveniently, had the same initials, MJQ) and consisted of Jackson on vibraphone, John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. Of these, Clarke was the veteran of the group, a drummer who had been at Minton’s after-hours club in 1939, where Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian and Clarke invented “bebop” or bop, a harmonically advanced and challenging kind of new jazz.
Clarke served in the Army during World War II, and there he met and became friends with John Lewis, who was
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Concorde
Cool Jazz
1955
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Django
Cool Jazz
1956
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Space
Third Stream
1969
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Pyramid
Cool Jazz
1960
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Django
Cool Jazz
2007
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