<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (May 2018) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1946, John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Ray Brown (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums), all members of Dizzy Gillespie's big band, formed a quartet as a side project . By 1951, the combo were recording as the Milt Jackson Quartet . In 1952, Percy Heath replaced Brown on bass and in late 1952 they changed the name to Modern Jazz Quartet . In 1955, the final switch to the band's lineup occurred as Connie Kay (drums) replaced Clarke . </P> <P> In their middle years, the group often played with classical musicians, but their repertoire consisted mainly of bebop and swing era standards . From 1952 to 1955, the group recorded for Prestige and released two of their most famous compositions, "Django" (a tribute to the guitarist Django Reinhardt) and "Bags' Groove" ("Bags" being Jackson's nickname). In the late 1950s, they provided soundtrack music for Roger Vadim's film Sait - on Jamais (released in America as No Sun in Venice and in the UK as One Never Knows) and subsequently recorded this music . From 1956 to 1974, they recorded for Atlantic Records, with occasional projects with other record labels such as Apple . </P> <P> In 1974, Jackson departed from the group and they ceased playing until the early 1980s when they began reuniting periodically . The MJQ released their final recording in 1993 . When Kay died in November 1994, the group stopped reuniting; five years later in October 1999, Milt Jackson died, followed by John Lewis in March 2001 and Percy Heath in April 2005 . </P>

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