50 great moments in jazz: The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Lewis's Django

One of the rare bands to be loved beyond the jazz cognoscenti, this chamber ensemble gave the genre a respect previously afforded to classical musiciansWhen Illinois-born pianist John Lewis composed the haunting theme Django in the early 50s, he gave jazz one of its most enduring compositions. The piece, dedicated to his friend Django Reinhardt, the Belgian gypsy guitar genius, combined Lewis's fascination with both Bach and the blues – and, in the process, it defined the sound of the Mod...

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