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The Modern Jazz QuartetModern Jazz Quartet Modern Jazz Quartet American jazz ensemble "The Modern Jazz Quartet" redirects here. For the group's 1957 album, see The Modern Jazz Quartet (album). The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. The Quartet consisted of John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), and various drummers, most notably Kenny Clarke (from 1952 to 1955) and Connie Kay (from 1955 to 1994). 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… (Source: Wikipedia)
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