Connie Kay

Connie Kay (born Conrad Henry Kirnon; 27 April 1927 – 30 November 1994) was an American jazz drummer.^[1]

Kay was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet from 1955 (replacing original drummer Kenny Clarke) until the group's dissolution in 1974. He was self-taught, and prior to the MJQ he had played in the Lester Young quintet from 1949 to 1955, and also with Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and others. He also played drums on Van Morrison's seminal LP Astral Weeks and on three tracks on Tupelo Honey^[2].

Discography

With the Modern Jazz Quartet

• 1955: Concorde
• 1956: Fontessa, first album on Atlantic Records
• 1957: No Sun in Venice
• 1957: Modern Jazz Quartet: 1957
• 1957: Third Stream Music
• 1958: The Modern Jazz Quartet Live
• 1959: Odds Against Tomorrow
• 1959: Longing For The Continent
• 1959: Pyramid
• 1960: European Concert
• 1960: Modern Jazz Quartet in Concert, recorded in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, May 27, 1960
• 1960: Modern Jazz Quartet live and at its best
• 1961: Compact Jazz
• 1961: The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra
• 1962: Lonely Woman
• 1962: The Comedy
• 1963: In a Crowd [Live]
• 1964: Collaboration with Almeida
• 1964: Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
• 1964: The Sheriff, Atlantic Records
• 1966: Place Vendôme The Modern Jazz Quartet and The Swingle Singers
• 1966: Blues At Carnegie Hall
• 1969: Under The Jasmin Tree (Apple Records)
• 1969: Space (Apple Records)
• 1971: Plastic Dreams
• 1971: Paul Desmond with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Live in New York
• 1972: The Legendary Profile (Atlantic Records) ^[3]
• 1973: The Art of The Modern Jazz Quartet/The Atlantic Years, 2-LP Anthology (Atlantic Records)
• 1974: Blues on Bach
• 1974: The Complete Last Concert
• 1981: Reunion at Budokan
• 1982: Together Again! Modern Jazz Quartet Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1982 (Pablo Records)
• 1984: Echoes
• 1987: Three Windows - The Modern Jazz Quartet with The New York Chamber Symphony (Atlantic Jazz)
• 1988: For Ellington (EastWest)
• 1988: The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn - Volume 2 - Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins (Atlantic Jazz)
• 1988: The Best of The Modern Jazz Quartet
• 1994: MJQ & Friends - A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Atlantic Jazz)
• 1995: Dedicated to Connie, released 1995, recorded live in Slovenia in 1960
• 2001: A Night at the Opera (Jazz Door)
• 2006: La Ronde: A Proper Introduction to the Modern Jazz Quartet

As sideman

With Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer

• The Ivory Hunters (United Artists, 1959)

With Cannonball Adderley

• Know What I Mean (Riverside, 1961)

With Milt Jackson

• Statements (Impulse!, 1962)
• Jazz 'n' Samba (Impulse!, 1964)

With Bobby Timmons

• Born to Be Blue! (Riverside, 1963)

References

1. ^ Allmusic
2. ^ Tupelo Honey, Van Morrison LP (Warner WS-1950, 1971)
3. ^ http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/M/MJQ/mjq_legend.htm

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Name	Kay, Connie
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Date of birth	27 April 1927
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Date of death	30 November 1994
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