Connie Kay

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Connie Kay was an American jazz drummer best known for his long tenure with the Modern Jazz Quartet and collaborations with numerous leading jazz artists.

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Connie Kay canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz drummer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1994 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Ben Webster ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
George Shearing ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Milt Jackson ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
Paul Desmond ⓘ
Percy Heath ⓘ
birthName Conrad Henry Kirnon ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-04-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-11-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
genre bebop ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
instrument drum kit ⓘ
knownFor collaborations with leading jazz artists of the 1940s–1960s ⓘ
long tenure with the Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
memberOf Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
name Connie Kay ⓘ
notableInstrumentStyle subtle brushwork ⓘ
understated swing feel ⓘ
notableWork performances with the Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ
recordings with Billie Holiday ⓘ
recordings with Lester Young ⓘ
recordings with Miles Davis ⓘ
recordings with Paul Desmond ⓘ
occupation drummer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
partOf New York jazz scene ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tuckahoe, New York, United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Tuckahoe, New York
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ronnie Boykins → associatedAct → Connie Kay ⓘ
Modern Jazz Quartet → hasMember → Connie Kay ⓘ
Astral Weeks → notableMusician → Connie Kay ⓘ
John Lewis → associatedAct → Connie Kay ⓘ
Connie Kay → name → Connie Kay ⓘ