>>>Yeah, MJQ made a lot of magic for a lot of years. I have an album they did with the Swingle Singers that is pretty special.
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>>I have one with Sonny Rollins at Music Inn that I like a lot. It's a bit different due to the Rollins influence. Of course that makes them a quintet, but if we want to talk about quintets, then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_v7mUGoKDc&feature=related or perhaps,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mji4nAk_8ZY&feature=related>
>Great clips. Funny, when you said Quintet the first thing that popped into my head was Miles Davis,. Jazz Messengers was a nice surprise too. The Art Blakey solos were stunning.
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>And back to the great Quartets of all time - just in case there is a lurker that doesn't kno w this clip ( love the suits )
Oh, yes! You know as great as Brubeck and Desmond were (and we're talking GREAT here), I never felt that Joe Morello and Eugene Wright got enough credit (especially Wright), but never mind the solos, you listen to them through "Take Five", and they really drive that thing. And that, incidentally, is one of the great things about that quartet - you can hear every player beautifully. I imagine being the drummer in a 5/4 time signature is not real easy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNrmYRiX_o&feature=PlayList&p=1F8947D832BCD8A5&playnext=1&index=39>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI&feature=related>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V9VSxn2F9M&feature=related>
>Desmond - wow.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE&feature=related>
>and 20 years before MTV
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2htbaJFEAXQ&feature=related>>>
>>>>And let us not forget what may have been the finest jazz quartet ever. I love the sparseness of John Lewis piano and the intricacy of Milt Jackson's vibes.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZiZ_1KMCw&feature=related>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, not classic rock and not from the 80s, but still cool :o)
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>>>>>Can't help it. Just thinking about those magic moments when you realize there is such a thing as transcendence.
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>>>>>When I was a sophomore in college we hitched to NYCto hear Bill Evans at the Blue Note :
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mt4DQLg5pc>>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57HnHX-BlRg&feature=related>>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_dHE5hQIA&feature=related>>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LFVWBmoiw&feature=related>>>>>
>>>>>And this was the Jazz album of the year in 1976 and I remember the night a friend put it on and we sat transfixed through the whole thing without saying a word - and then played it again.
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>>>>>The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzqMJWlKMsY&feature=related>>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8Fg6dSbRQ>>>>>
>>>>>Oh yeah - and I will forever hate hiphop and all its works for artistically derailing the culture that gave us Kind of Blue
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk>>>>>
>>>>>There were changes we could believe in.
