Artist
The Modern Jazz Quartet
1album in the catalogue
3loose cuts
1966–1974years covered
3composers reworked
The Modern Jazz Quartet grew out of Dizzy Gillespie’s big-band rhythm section. Under pianist John Lewis’s musical direction, the group brought blues, bebop and classical form into the same repertoire, with Milt Jackson’s blues-rich vibraphone central to its sound. Lewis wrote fugues and extended concert works specifically for the ensemble, making classical form part of the quartet’s everyday musical language.
The records
This page brings together records issued under the credits “The Modern Jazz Quartet” and “The Swingle Singers & The Modern Jazz Quartet”.
Composers reworked: J.S. Bach (1), Johann Peter Kellner (1).
Appears on these Loose Cuts
3 cuts from 1 record – singles, and extracts from records that only sprinkled in a few classical tunes.
