Connie Kay
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Take Ten
RecommendedConnie Kay (drums), Eugene Wright (bass), Jim Hall (guitar), Gene Cherico (bass), Paul Desmond (alto saxophone), George Duvivier (bass)
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Nominee:Best Original Jazz Composition
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Paul Chambers (bass), Red Garland (piano), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone), Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Percy Heath (bass), Thelonious Monk (piano), Connie Kay (drums), Gene Norman (speaker)
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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The Complete Last Concert
RecommendedThe Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Connie Kay (drums), John Lewis (piano), Connie Kay (percussion), John Lewis (harpsichord), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Percy Heath (bass guitar)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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European Concert
The Modern Jazz Quartet, Connie Kay (drums), John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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It’s difficult at this distance, with so much noise and fury intervening, to credit the radicalism of John Lewis’ brief for the Modern Jazz Quartet, but back in 1956 they were doing stunningly... —
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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Bags & Trane
Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass guitar), Connie Kay (drums), Hank Jones (piano)
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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Desmond’s Two of a Mind is instantly recognisable as coming from the composer of Take Five – there’s something seductively feline about his themes – beautiful but oddly subjective and somewhat... —
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Presto Music, Classic Jazz Recording
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The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings
RecommendedThe Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (double bass), Sonny Rollins (saxophone), Percy Heath (bass guitar), Connie Kay (drums)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, 4 Star
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There’s a huge amount of good music here, as indeed there should be from a compilation covering a quartercentury. —
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, June 2021
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