Modern Jazz Quartet — Milt Jackson, Village Jazz Lounge with the Bubba Kolb Trio, late 1970 s. Background information Also known as MJQ, Milt Jackson Quartet … Wikipedia
Modern Jazz Quartet — ▪ American music group American musical ensemble noted for delicate percussion sonorities, innovations in jazz forms, and consistently high performance standards sustained over a long career. For most of its existence it was composed of Milt… … Universalium
Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) — U.S. jazz ensemble. It was founded in 1951 by pianist John Lewis (1920–2001), vibraphonist Milt Jackson (1923–99), drummer Kenny Clarke (1914–85), and bassist Ray Brown (1926–2002). They originally worked together as the rhythm section for Dizzy… … Universalium
jazz — jazzer, n. /jaz/, n. 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble… … Universalium
Jazz in Germany — An overview of the evolution of Jazz music in Germany reveals that the development of jazz in Germany and its public notice differ from the motherland of jazz, the USA, in several respects. The 20s One of the first books with the word jazz in the … Wikipedia
quartet — /kwawr tet /, n. 1. any group of four persons or things. 2. an organized group of four singers or players. 3. a musical composition for four voices or instruments. Also, esp. Brit., quartette. [1765 75; < It quartetto, dim. of quarto < L quartus… … Universalium
Jazz — For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). Jazz Stylistic origins: Blues • Folk • March • Ragtime … Wikipedia
Quartet — In music, a quartet ( fr. quatuor, de. Quartett, it. quartetto, es. cuarteto) is a method of instrumentation (or a medium), used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts. Western art musicIn Western art music, which is often … Wikipedia
Classical period (music) — Periods of Western art music Early Medieval (500–1400) Renaissance (1400–1600) Baroque (1600–1760) Common practice Baroque (1600–1760) … Wikipedia
classical music, contemporary — During the 1980s and 1990s there appeared to be much diversification in the styles of music being produced by classical composers. Many who might previously have been identified as working in the western tradition explored different idioms,… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
