Actually, this week’s topic is the Modern Jazz Quartet, which did not play what is called “modern Jazz” these days. Rather, they had their own vibes going. Literally. Starting out as the rhythm section of Dizzy Gillespie’s band, by the mid-1950s the MJQ had incorporated elements of Bebop, Blues and Baroque (and that’s just the bits starting with a B), and were instrumental (pun intended) in shifting Jazz away from being background noise in the night club to a standalone attraction.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse