Connie Kay – Biografia, discografia e strumenti

Biografia

Connie Kay è stato un musicista jazz (batteria). Nato il 27 aprile 1927 a Tuckahoe, morto il 30 novembre 1994 a Manhattan. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz e hard bop.

Connie Kay, nato Conrad Henry Kirnon (27 aprile 1927 – 30 novembre 1994), è stato un batterista statunitense, noto per la sua lunga appartenenza alla formazione jazz Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ). L'appellativo "Kay" si deve al presentatore di un club il quale, nell'annunciare il batterista, ebbe un vuoto di memoria e dimenticò il suo vero cognome, chiamandolo Kay. Autodidatta, iniziò la sua carriera suonando con il quintetto del sassofonista Lester Young dal 1949 al 1955 e, successivamente, con Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis ed altri ancora. Nel 1955 sostituì Kenny Clarke in seno alla formazione del Modern Jazz Quartet, rimanendovi fino allo scioglimento del gruppo avvenuto nel 1974 e in occasionali esibizioni negli anni '90. Il suo stile leggero e raffinato lo distingue da molti suoi colleghi degli anni '50, l'epoca dell'hard-bop, che si imposero con uno stile violento, potente ed invadente.

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Album in cui Connie Kay compare come sideman

1955	Milt Jackson Quartet — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1955	Concorde — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1956	Fontessa — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1956	Modern Jazz Quartet — Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1956	Chris Connor — Chris Connor	drums (drum set)
1956	The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1957	Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at The Opera House — Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson	drums (drum set)
1957	The John Lewis Piano — John Lewis	drums (drum set)
1957	Afternoon in Paris — John Lewis & Sacha Distel	drums (drum set)
1957	Plenty, Plenty Soul — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1957	Piano A-la-mode — Randy Weston	drums (drum set)
1957	The Modern Jazz Quartet — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1958	Yes Indeed! — Ray Charles	drums (drum set)
1958	Soul Brothers — Milt Jackson & Ray Charles	drums (drum set)
1958	The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows - Original Film Score for “No Sun in Venice” by John Lewis — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1959	Chet — Chet Baker	drums (drum set)
1959	Improvised Meditations & Excursions — John Lewis	drums (drum set)
1959	Bean Bags — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1959	Bags' Opus — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1959	Music from Odds Against Tomorrow — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1959	The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn, Volume 2 — The Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins	drums (drum set)
1960	First Place Again — Paul Desmond	drums (drum set)
1960	The Golden Striker — John Lewis	drums (drum set)
1960	The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson — Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1961	The Genius Sings the Blues — Ray Charles	drums (drum set)
1961	Soul Meeting — Ray Charles & Milt Jackson	drums (drum set)
1961	Bags & Trane — Milt Jackson & John Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1961	The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra — The Modern Jazz Quartet	drums (drum set)
1962	Two of a Mind — Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan	drums (drum set)
1962	Desmond Blue — Paul Desmond	drums (drum set)

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Can't We Be Friends The Lester Young Quintet · Lester Young · Jessie Drake · Gene Ramey… · 1953 archive.org ↗
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