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	Modern Jazz Quartet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano, musical director), Percy Heath (bass), and Kenny Clarke (drums).
		Among its original compositions are "Django" by Lewis (a tribute to the Belgian jazz guitar player Django Reinhardt) and "Bags' Groove" by Jackson (named after his nickname).
		Jackson left the group in 1974 because he was tired of touring, and the group soon disbanded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Modern_Jazz_Quartet (202 words)

	Anthology of Jazz - Duke Ellington, The Modern Jazz Quartet DVD-MP3 - Trans Cd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Modern Jazz Quartet - Django - The Artistry of the Modern Jaz(1955) - 07:04
		Modern Jazz Quartet - The Stopper - The Artistry of the Modern Jaz(1955) - 03:20
		Modern Jazz Quartet - Milano - The Artistry of the Modern Jaz(1955) - 04:23
	www.transcd.com /view/7089.html (8318 words)

	Encyclopedia: Modern Jazz Quartet
		Its musicians were "trying to raise the quality of jazz from the level of utilitarian dance music to that of a chamber art form...[and] the status of the jazz performer from entertainer to artist." 1 Unlike the simplistic swing music, bebop was fast and complex, requiring technical proficiency.
		Jazz, then, has not only lived a curious existence isolated from the main body of music, but has lived that existence for no more than sixty or seventy years, which explains the feverish haste which it has evolved from era to era.
		But if no new styles seem imminent, the jazz follower of the 19605 can at least console himself with two thoughts; first, that jazz has always proved in the past to be an utterly unpredictable form, and second, that masters of all styles coexist today in an atmosphere of healthy exchange.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Modern-Jazz-Quartet (854 words)

	The Modern Jazz Quartet
		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.
		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.
		Modern Jazz Quartet with Milt Jackson (PRLP-160), released in 1953, which is now valued at from $60 to $150, depending on condition.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/MJQ.htm (889 words)

	Modern Jazz Quartet -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		popular musical form in which modern jazz improvisation is accompanied by the bass lines, drumming styles, and instrumentation of rock music, with a strong emphasis on electronic instruments and dance rhythms.
		U.S. jazz musician John Lewis was born on May 3, 1920, in La Grange, Ill., and grew up in Albuquerque, N.M. He became the leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952, as its pianist, and he also composed music for jazz, ballet, cinema, and theater.
		Includes a history of the development of jazz, audio samples, biographies of significant artists, and an introduction to the basic elements of music.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9002431 (822 words)

	JAZCLASS : About JOHN LEWIS (p.1) - Jazz pianist, composer, Modern Jazz Quartet band leader
		Initially known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, John Lewis soon took over as musical director of the group and the name was changed to the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ).
		In Jazz his compositions are unique, as they commonly combine the element of Classical form with the Traditional Jazz element (largely lost in modern Jazz) of collective improvisation.
		MJQ refers to the Modern Jazz Quartet : John Lewis piano - Milt Jackson vibraharp - Percy Heath bass - Kennie Clarke, and after 1955, Connie Kay on drums.
	www.jazclass.aust.com /lewis.htm (1045 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Modern Jazz Quartet
		The original members of the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) — Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano and director), Ray Brown (double bass), and Kenny Clarke (drums) —; first performed together in 1946 in Dizzy Gillespie's big band.
		By 1952, when the first recordings under the name Modern Jazz Quartet were issued, Percy Heath had replaced Brown as bass player.
		The MJQ plays in a restrained, conservative bop style that is sometimes referred to as cool jazz.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/biography/artist_id_modern_jazz_quartet.htm (479 words)

	The Modern Jazz Quartet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The MJQ has long displayed John Lewis' musical vision, making jazz seem respectable by occasionally interacting with classical ensembles and playing concerts at prestigious venues, but always leaving plenty of space for bluesy and swinging improvising.
		Although the musicians all had opportunities to pursue individual projects, in 1974 Milt Jackson, tired of the constant touring and the limitations set on his improvising and he quit the group, causing the MJQ to have a final tour and break up.
		In 1981 Jackson relented and the Modern Jazz Quartet (which has recorded further albums for Pablo and Atlantic) became active again although on a more part-time basis.
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R+++144110 (251 words)

	The Modern Jazz Quartet \| European Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ironically, The Modern Jazz Quartet's European Concert album finally is released on CD for the first time just before the passing of the third member of the legendary group, reducing the survivors to one: Percy Heath, who also is a member of one of the leading family triumvirates in jazz.
		It was already acknowledged as a unique voice in jazz and one that brought in new listeners as they paid attention to the group's music, the combination of jazz and blues with a classical sensibility gaining ever more respect wherever they played.
		Perhaps that was because of the integrity of the quartet, which played the music it believed in and didn't condescend to the listeners or expect them to hear simplification of the music.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r0501_217.htm (635 words)

	Oldies.com : Modern Jazz Quartet
		Here is a portrait on four discs, spanning the years 1952 to 1985, of the Modern Jazz Quartet at the beginning and near the end of their reign.
		The MJQ, which would become internationally popular and as synonymous with elegance as Lalique crystal - while never losing touch with the blues that is at the heart of jazz - traced its beginnings...
		The members of the Modern Jazz Quartet first came together as part of the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra in the late 1940s.
	www.oldies.com /artist/view.cfm/id_3188.html (523 words)

	Amazon.com: Django: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is not "Cool Jazz" -- that's the sort of music that gives jazz a bad name and causes fools to forget about the REAL intellectuals of jazz -- and no one could do meditative jazz like MJQ.
		I wouldn't say that this is only for MJQ collectors; but be aware that, for me at least, it sounds a little flat, and the sound one critic likened to Steuben glass is only a hint on this CD.
		When it first appeared it was, like that great record, a huge hit on the jazz scene and beyond, and the fact that it appealed to one's parents is in no sense a reason for thinking it anything less than inspiring.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000Y3K?v=glance (1132 words)

	Rolling Stone : John Lewis Dies
		Lewis and the MJQ were among jazz's most enduring units, performing and recording prolifically between 1952 and 1974, and again when they reunited in 1981.
		The MJQ's twenty-two year-run ended in 1974 when Milt Jackson pulled out, citing limitations on his work as a soloist within the band's arrangements.
		The quartet reunited in 1981 and continued to perform and record into the Nineties.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5933084 (232 words)

	Percy Heath -- bassist for Modern Jazz Quartet
		Percy Heath, the superb bassist who for more than 40 years provided the sublime underpinnings for the Modern Jazz Quartet, died Thursday of bone cancer at a hospital in Southampton, N.Y. He was 81.
		Heath was the last surviving member of the quartet he helped found that became known simply as the MJQ.
		The Modern Jazz Quartet officially was born in 1952.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/30/BAGKNCI2C71.DTL (869 words)

	JAZCLASS : About JOHN LEWIS (p.2) - Jazz pianist, composer, Modern Jazz Quartet band (MJQ) leader
		The MJQ at the Opera House - Oct.'57 (Verve 8269)
		A Quartet Is a Quartet - 1964 (Atlantic 1420)
		Feather L.and Gitler I. The Encyclopaedia of Jazz in the Seventies.
	www.jazclass.aust.com /profiles/lewis1.htm (2031 words)

	The Modern Jazz Quartet MP3 Downloads - The Modern Jazz Quartet Music Downloads - The Modern Jazz Quartet Music Videos
		Lewis' support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising, especially considering the gulf between the classical jazz formality of his group the Modern Jazz Quartet and Coleman's radical notions of free improvisation.
		The quartet doesn't take Coleman's free form harmolodic theory to heart with a round of quixotic solos, but the group does spotlight the often overlooked strength of his compositional ideas.
		And while the MJQ further plies its knack for involved pieces on Lewis originals like "Fugato" and "Trieste," the group also balances out the set with looser material more in tune with Jackson's blues and swing sensibilities.
	www.mp3.com /albums/110937/reviews.html (248 words)

	Amazon.com: Concorde: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first Modern Jazz Quartet sessions recorded for release as a 12-inch LP also featured the debut of Connie Kay, who replaced Kenny Clarke on drums.
		The concluding title track is Lewis's tour-de-force, a complex jazz fugue that lends the session a strong feeling of culmination.
		If you like your jazz on the cool, cerebral side, or if you are coming to jazz from the world of classical music, this album should be mandatory listening.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000XZU?v=glance (854 words)

	MODERN JAZZ QUARTET : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kay was a key member of the Atlantic house band early-to-mid-'50s, playing on many R&B hits and later played on early Van Morrison albums; his delicacy and precision in the MJQ confirmed him as a first-class all- rounder.
		Lewis, Jackson and Clarke recorded with Ray Brown as Milt Jackson Quartet on Gillespie's Dee-Gee label mid-'51, with Heath and Lou Donaldson as Milt Jackson Quintet on Blue Note early '52 (incl.
		The idea was to present the music with some class, but it didn't always work; some people complained that they weren't loud enough, and when they appeared at the historic Donaueschingen jazz concert '57 in Germany they were still surprised to find an attentive audience.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/m/M217.HTM (579 words)

	NPR : The Modern Jazz Quartet: 'Django'
		That's the Modern Jazz Quartet and the John Lewis composition, "Django," which is also the name of this CD.
		SPELLMAN: The Modern Jazz Quartet took such a divergent point of view in its whole presentation of music, that a lot of the jazz purists were offended by it.
		There was a sort of assumption that jazz musicians ought to be somewhat funky, that they had to be people who had suffered a great deal.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4539903&ft=1&f=4565717 (559 words)

	VOA Special English - PEOPLE IN AMERICA - John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was a skilled piano player and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet for almost fifty years.
		John Lewis was greatly influenced by the piano style of the famous jazz bandleader, Count Basie.
		The Modern Jazz Quartet continued to perform all over the world for sold-out crowds until the late nineteen seventies.
	www.manythings.org /voa/04/041017pa_t.htm (881 words)

	Modern Jazz Quartet - Django - Vinyl Record
		Certainly it is one of his most durable, having been played and recorded many times over the years with tempo altered but its basic haunting beauty intact.
		This is its first taping and a benchmark performance for all succeeding versions (by the MJQ and all the others who have interpreted it) to be measured against.
		These are the early days of the quartet but it had begun with a standard of excellence, forged by youthful but experienced musicians with a framework that allowed them to exhibit their teamwork and virtuosity.
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=16459 (220 words)

	Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida \| Collaboration
		The idea for combining the MJQ with Almeida started at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival, when they were booked to perform jointly.
		At the time, both the individual and the group were highly popular due to Almeida's involvement with the bossa nova craze as well as the acceptance of the MJQ in concert halls throughout the world.
		Combining the best of the Modern Jazz Quartet with the virtuosity of Laurindo Almeida, Collaboration fortunately allows us to appreciate their recorded work which might have gone undocumented if they hadn't wrapped up their 1964 tour in the Atlantic recording studio.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /reviews/r0701_048.htm (564 words)

	The Modern Jazz Quartet MP3 Downloads - The Modern Jazz Quartet Music Downloads - The Modern Jazz Quartet Music Videos
		Gunther Schuller is probably the greatest friend jazz has ever had from the classical world.
		A jazz devotee from the beginning, he has been the most outspoken advocate of a fusion between elements...
		A talented pianist with a style diverse enough to fit into swing, bop, and more adventurous settings, Roland Hanna was one of the last in an impressive line of great pianists who emerged in Detroit...
	www.mp3.com /the-modern-jazz-quartet/artists/6081/summary.html (236 words)

	Modern Jazz Quartet \| Django
		The longevity, popularity and surprising durability of the Modern Jazz Quartet is striking upon listening to Django, the group's very first full-length LP.
		The MJQ actually began life in 1952 as the Milt Jackson Quartet, which of course, still makes it the MJQ.
		This is classic jazz in construction and execution.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=4485 (328 words)

	the Modern Jazz Quartet,shortly MJQ, in Olavi Huuska's record collection, updated August 2003
		The Modern Jazz Quartet, shortly MJQ, was the most long-lived and one of the most succesful jazzgroups.Its roots were in the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band in the end of 40's.
		The roots of MJQ were in the rhytm section of Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1946.
		In December MJQ meant already the Modern Jazz Quartet, which recorded for Prestige on 22nd December 1952, record number 4.
	koti.mbnet.fi /~ohuuska (3352 words)

	Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Modern Jazz Quartet
		This innovative quartet remained one of the greatest jazz supergroups for almost five decades.
		Percy Heath and Connie Kay, the MJQ rhythm section, were always as subtle as they were amazingly complex.
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	www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=6127 (130 words)

	Not-So-Modern Jazz Quartet Plus
		The Not-So-Modern Jazz Quartet Plus is a combo playing in the club venue of the 20s, 30s and 40s.
		The basic quartet is made up of clarinet, bass, piano and drums.
		When a piano is unavailable, the quartet substitutes a rhythm guitar.
	www.nsmjq.org (151 words)

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