Concorde (CD)

Pianist/composer/musical director John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, drummer Kenny Clarke (later replaced by Connie Kay), and bassist Percy Heath formed the Modern Jazz Quartet in the mid 1950s and were still together in the mid '90s (after a six-year break). The group's popular chamber-jazz sound was informed by Lewis's extensive studies in European compositional techniques. Jackson died in 1999, definitively closing the book on the long-lived, enormously influential quartet.

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• Release Date: July 1, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fantasy Records (USA)
• UPC: 888072306530
• WAPI (Tower ID): 112073123
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The Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

Recorded in New York, New York on July 2, 1955. Originally released on Prestige (7005). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.

All tracks are digitally remastered.

The Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

Recorded in New York, New York on July 2, 1955. Originally released on Prestige (7109). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.

Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology.

Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (piano); Percy Heath (bass instrument); Connie Kay (drum); Milt Jackson.

The first Modern Jazz Quartet album to feature drummer Connie Kay (replacing Kenny Clarke), 1955's CONCORDE finds the ensemble easing into its long-running lineup, rounded out by vibes player Milt Jackson, pianist John Lewis, and bassist Percy Heath. In addition to originals by Jackson (the light, lilting "Ralph's New Blues") and Lewis (the bright, upbeat title track), the MJQ offers up an excellent selection of standards, most notably a fast-paced take on "I'll Remember April" that has Kay earning his stripes with some impressive cymbal work.

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