Modern Jazz Quartet - Django (1987) -repost

CD released in Germany in 1987 under license in which reissued the LP of the same name published in 1956, which includes 8 songs originally recorded between 1953 and 1955 by the Modern Jazz Quartet. This is the original group founded in 1952 in the wake of his tenure with Dizzy Gillespie. It is composed of the pianist, composer, arranger and director John Aaron Lewis (Illinois, 1920-2001), the vibraphonist Milton 'Bags' Jackson (Michigan, 1923-99), the bass Percy Heath (North Carolina, 1923-2005) and the drummer Kenny Clarke (Pennsylvania, 1914-1985). The quartet played different styles of jazz, especially including 'bebop', 'cool jazz', 'swing' and 'third stream' (mixture of classical and improvisation). The name of the album is a tribute to the famous Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt.