Modern Jazz Quartet を一日中聞いてみる（Eight Classic Albums :: でも4CD）
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このアルバムはユニークで、内容は８枚のアルバムが４枚のCDに収められているという。オリジナルのLPアルバムの録音時間が短かったからかと。
Modern Jazz Quartetについて
The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. For most of its history the Quartet consisted of John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), and Connie Kay (drums). The group grew out of the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie's big band from 1946 to 1948, which consisted of Lewis and Jackson along with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke. 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 Connie Kay, and in 1956 they moved to Atlantic Records and made their first tour to Europe.
全体的に良いＢＧＭ。
ミュージックビデオとか
ジャズの中でもかなり前の時代の方々なのでYouTubeにあるのかなと思い調べてみたらありました😊
1980年代まで活躍していましたから、当然と言えば当然。
グループの活動開始が1952年なので、オリジナルメンバーは既に亡くなられています。ちなみにリーダーのミルト・ジャクソン氏は、1923年1月1日生まれです。
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