Modern Jazz Quartet: The Early Years – 1952-56

Rating: ★★★

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Acrobat

August/2019

Culled from five albums, this is a good 2CD tour through the MJQ in its early prime, with the switch from Kenny Clarke to Connie Kay happening just before the halfway point. It's a good counterpart (with some duplication) of the Frémeaux Quintessence set that pushes the story into the 1960s.

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