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Quintet of the Hot Club of France Biography, Photos, Pictures

Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhart were jamming buddies at the same clubs when they struck upon the idea of forming the Quintet of the Hot Club of France They were some of the first Europeans to really affect the jazz scene, influenced heavily by the work of Eddie South and the Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti sessions of the ’20s

Quartet Music Biography, Photos, Pictures

A co-op consisting of violinist Jeff Gauthier, guitarist Nels Cline, bassist Eric Von Essen and percussionist Alex Cline, Quartet Music generally played quiet but fairly free group improvisations

Quartette Indigo Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Turtle Island String Quartet was the first jazz group utilizing the instrumentation of a chamber music quartet to improvise Quartette Indigo followed in the same tradition

Comprised of members Mark Levine (piano), Michael Spiro (percussion), David Belove (bass), Ron Stallings (soprano, alto, tenor sax, flute, vocals), Jeff Cressman (trombone), and Paul van Wageningen (drums), the seeds of the Latin jazz outfit Que Calor were planted in February of 1997, when Stallings and Levine traveled to Cuba to study with regional master musicians

Queen City Jazz Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Queen City Jazz Band has been one of the longest-running active American dixieland-oriented bands of the past 40 years They began with a weekend gig at a small roadhouse near Denver in 1958 and since that time has appeared at a countless number of festivals, clubs and on over 20 recordings for Audiophile and their own Happy Hairy Zeno Productions

Quentin Jackson Biography, Photos, Pictures

A fixture with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra in the 1950s, Quentin Jackson was Duke’s best “wa-wa” trombonist (an expert with the plunger mute) post-Tricky Sam Nanton

Quest
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Quest is nominally a cooperative band which includes saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Richie Beirach, drummer Billy Hart, and, at various times, bassists George Mraz and Ron McClure

Quiet Sun originally formed around Dulwich College in 1970 as a four-piece progressive rock band featuring Phil Manzanera (guitar), Bill MacCormick (bass), Charles Hayward (drums), and Dave Jarrett (keyboards)

Quincy Jones Biography, Photos, Pictures

In a musical career that has spanned six decades, Quincy Jones has earned his reputation as a renaissance man of American music Jones has distinguished himself as a bandleader, a solo artist, a sideman, a songwriter, a producer, an arranger, a film composer, and a record label executive, and outside of music, he’s also written books, produced major motion pictures, and helped create television series

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