So long to Percy Heath, 81, bassist and last surviving member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who died of bone cancer this week. I'm not certain there is such a thing as a bad MJQ CD. But I rate "Pyramid" as the group's classic. The other one I wouldn't want to be without is the double CD "Dedicated to Connie," a live recording from 1960 only released after drummer Connie Kay died in 1994. Leader and pianist John Lewis said the group never played better.
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