The Modern Jazz Quartet continued to perform all over the world for sold-out crowds until the late nineteen seventies.

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He was a skilled piano player and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet for almost fifty years.

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The members of the quartet had become major stars by the time they returned to the United States.

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The nineteen fifty-nine album "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet was the first jazz album to sell more than one million copies.

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He created one of one of the most famous jazz groups in America,the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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In nineteen fifty-two, the group became the Modern Jazz Quartet and established its own identity.

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In addition to his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis worked for many years as musical director of the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.

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In nineteen fifty-six, the Modern Jazz Quartet played a series of concerts in Europe.

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Here is the Dave Brubeck Quartet with their signature piece,"Take Five."

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Here is one of the Modern Jazz Quartet's big hits,"Django."

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He formed a group called the Texas Medley Quartet.

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Dave Brubeck formed his first quartet in nineteen fifty-one.

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However,the members of the quartet reunited after seven years.

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you never know. There's always a chance a string quartet may someday pop up on the schedule.

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In addition to touring and recording with his quartet, he's worked as a composer or arranger on the Clint Eastwood films "Mystic River."

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With his father's blessing, Kyle left the film studies program at the University of Southern California, brushed up on his bass playing, and formed a band, The Kyle Eastwood Quartet.

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