My drive into work takes about 45 minutes so I have plenty of time to think--and to listen to music. If I ride alone, I tend to listen to music that I would not chose if Sue was in the car.
Jazz is not my first musical choice, but my explorations of music in college did lead me to some jazz that I like to listen to.
One of those groups is the Modern Jazz Quartet. Their conceit is that they are a chamber group playing jazz and, at times, their sound does feel quite similar to the effect of a classical chamber ensemble. If we accept Goethe's definition of chamber music as "four rational people conversing", MJQ fits. All four members played together as a quartet in the Dizzy Gillespie Band before striking out on their own.
Today's listen was The Artistry of the Modern Jazz Quartet, a compilation of their work 1952-1955. They supposedly created the cool jazz form. Four brilliant individual players weave a magical melody together with space for solo sounds, too.
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