Modern Jazz Quartet

Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) oli yhdysvaltalainen bebop- ja cool jazz -yhtye. Yhtyeen perustivat vuonna 1952 pianisti John Lewis, vibrafonisti Milt Jackson, basisti Percy Heath ja rumpali Kenny Clarke. Lewis, Jackson ja Clarke olivat soittaneet aiemmin yhdessä Dizzy Gillespien taustalla. Modern Jazz Quartet hajosi vuonna 1974 Jacksonin erottua. Yhtye palasi yhteen vuonna 1981, esiintyen ja levyttäen aina vuoteen 1993 saakka.

Diskografia

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 1952: The Quartet 
 1952: M.J.Q. 
 1953: An Exceptional Encounter
 1953–55: Django
 1955: Concorde
 1956: Fontessa
 1957: No Sun in Venice
 1957: Modern Jazz Quartet: 1957
 1957: Third Stream Music
 1958: The Modern Jazz Quartet Live
 1959: Odds Against Tomorrow
 1959: Longing for the Continent
 1959: Pyramid
 1960: European Concert
 1960: Modern Jazz Quartet in Concert
 1960: Modern Jazz Quartet Live and at Its Best
 1961: Compact Jazz
 1961: The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra
 1962: Lonely Woman
 1962: The Comedy
 1963: In a Crowd
 1964: Collaboration with Almeida
 1964: Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
 1964: The Sheriff
 1966: Place Vendôme The Modern Jazz Quartet and The Swingle Singers
 1966: Blues at Carnegie Hall
 1969: Under the Jasmin Tree
 1969: Space
 1971: Plastic Dreams
 1971: Paul Desmond with The Modern Jazz Quartet, Live in New York
 1972: The Legendary Profile
 1973: The Art of The Modern Jazz Quartet/The Atlantic Years
 1974: Blues on Bach
 1974: The Complete Last Concert
 1981: Reunion at Budokan
 1982: Together Again! Modern Jazz Quartet Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1982
 1984: Echoes
 1987: Three Windows – The Modern Jazz Quartet with The New York Chamber Symphony 
 1988: For Ellington 
 1988: The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn – Volume 2 – Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins 
 1988: The Best of The Modern Jazz Quartet 
 1994: MJQ & Friends – A 40th Anniversary Celebration
 1995: Dedicated to Connie
 2001: A Night at the Opera 
 2006: La Ronde: A Proper Introduction to The Modern Jazz Quartet

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