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Modern Jazz Quartet - Django- 1954
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 Brown left the group, being replaced on bass by Heath. During the early-to-mid-1950s they became the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lewis became the group's musical director and they made several recordings with Prestige Records , including the original versions of their two best-known compositions, Lewis's " Django " and Jackson's " Bags' Groove ." Clarke left the group in 1955 and was replaced as drummer by Kay, and in 1956 they moved to Atlantic Records and made their first tour of Europe. – more at Wikipedia
" Django " is a 1954 jazz standard written by John Lewis as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt . Lewis was the pianist and musical director.
#music #jazz #tangled
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 Brown left the group, being replaced on bass by Heath. During the early-to-mid-1950s they became the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lewis became the group's musical director and they made several recordings with Prestige Records , including the original versions of their two best-known compositions, Lewis's " Django " and Jackson's " Bags' Groove ." Clarke left the group in 1955 and was replaced as drummer by Kay, and in 1956 they moved to Atlantic Records and made their first tour of Europe. – more at Wikipedia
" Django " is a 1954 jazz standard written by John Lewis as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt . Lewis was the pianist and musical director.
#music #jazz #tangled
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