The Modern Jazz Quartet & Laurindo Almeida

The Modern Jazz Quartet was established in 1952 by Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano, musical director), Percy Heath (bass), and Kenny Clarke, replaced by Connie Kay in 1955 (drums). Inspired by Classical music, Blues, Swing and Bop, the quartet performed in several jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz and third stream. Laurindo Almeida play guitar with The Modern Jazz Quartet. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.