Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) oli yhdysvaltalainenbebop- ja cool jazz -yhtye. Yhtyeen perustivat vuonna 1952 pianisti John Lewis, vibrafonisti Milt Jackson, basisti Percy Heath ja rumpali Kenny Clarke. Lewis, Jackson ja Clarke olivat soittaneet aiemmin yhdessä Dizzy Gillespien taustalla. Modern Jazz Quartet hajosi vuonna 1974 Jacksonin erottua. Yhtye palasi yhteen vuonna 1981, esiintyen ja levyttäen aina vuoteen 1993 saakka.
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1952: The Quartet
1952: M.J.Q.
1953: An Exceptional Encounter
1953–55: Django
1955: Concorde
1956: Fontessa
1957: No Sun in Venice
1957: Modern Jazz Quartet: 1957
1957: Third Stream Music
1958: The Modern Jazz Quartet Live
1959: Odds Against Tomorrow
1959: Longing for the Continent
1959: Pyramid
1960: European Concert
1960: Modern Jazz Quartet in Concert
1960: Modern Jazz Quartet Live and at Its Best
1961: Compact Jazz
1961: The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra
1962: Lonely Woman
1962: The Comedy
1963: In a Crowd
1964: Collaboration with Almeida
1964: Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
1964: The Sheriff
1966: Place Vendôme The Modern Jazz Quartet and The Swingle Singers
1966: Blues at Carnegie Hall
1969: Under the Jasmin Tree
1969: Space
1971: Plastic Dreams
1971: Paul Desmond with The Modern Jazz Quartet, Live in New York
1972: The Legendary Profile
1973: The Art of The Modern Jazz Quartet/The Atlantic Years
1974: Blues on Bach
1974: The Complete Last Concert
1981: Reunion at Budokan
1982: Together Again! Modern Jazz Quartet Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1982
1984: Echoes
1987: Three Windows – The Modern Jazz Quartet with The New York Chamber Symphony
1988: For Ellington
1988: The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn – Volume 2 – Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins
1988: The Best of The Modern Jazz Quartet
1994: MJQ & Friends – A 40th Anniversary Celebration
1995: Dedicated to Connie
2001: A Night at the Opera
2006: La Ronde: A Proper Introduction to The Modern Jazz Quartet
