>>>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
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>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.

If you don't already own this, it is well worth getting: http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Icons-Blakey-Messengers-Live/dp/B000H9HWQ4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232560429&sr=1-8
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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 )
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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
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>Desmond - wow.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE&feature=related
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>and 20 years before MTV
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2htbaJFEAXQ&feature=related
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>>>>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
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>>>>>>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
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>There were changes we could believe in.

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