A group of students from the University of Connecticut are headlining the event as part of the “UConn Student Jazz Combo” — the group will perform a medley of classic and modern jazz pieces ... the ...
10: The Modern Jazz Quartet: Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) One of the most significant jazz groups to emerge in the 50s, The Modern Jazz Quartet fused bebop stylings with classical music aesthetics ...
It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner ... My Favorite Things (1960), and remained at the core of what became one of the most seminal groups in ...
As the leader of this lively and creative quartet, Anouar Brahem takes a fresh look at his musical universe, taking the traditions of Arab music in contrast to modern jazz. For almost forty years ...
An irrepressible force who remained relevant over the course of a seven-decade career, he had a hand in every major development in modern jazz ... in the Charlie Parker Quartet.
and Kenny Clarke (that foursome would go on to become the Modern Jazz Quartet). The following month Lion had Donaldson back in the studio as part of the Thelonious Monk Sextet for another foundational ...