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Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.Self-taught on drums, he began performing in Los Angeles in the mid-1940s. His drumming is recorded in The Hunt, the recording of a famous Los Angeles jam session featuring the dueling tenors of Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray on July 6, 1947. He recorded with Lester Young's quintet from 1949 to 1955 and with Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Kay did R&B sessions for Atlantic Records in the early to mid-1950s, and he was featured on hit records such as Shake, Rattle and Roll by Big Joe Turner and Ruth Brown's (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean.Kay joined the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1955, replacing original drummer Kenny Clarke. He remained through the group's dissolution in 1974 and occasional reunions into the 1990s. In addition to his MJQ compatriots, he had an enduring partnership with cool jazz altoist Paul Desmond through the first half of the 1960s. He played drums on several of Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's albums: Astral Weeks, one song on Saint Dominic's Preview, and four songs on Tupelo Honey.Kay was known for incorporating percussion instruments alongside his drum kit, such as timpani, small cymbals, triangle, bell tree, and darbukas, the latter referred to as "exotic-looking" drums in a 2006 article.Kay had a stroke in 1992, but recovered enough to resume performing. He died of cardiac arrest in Manhattan in 1994 at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Addie, and two sons.
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Dexter Gordon, Vol. 10 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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It's the Talk of the Town | 3:24 |
Standards: Great Songs Great Performances [2010]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind [Mono Version] | 3:54 |
Gold [2008]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind [Mono Version] | 3:56 |
The Very Best of Stan Getz [2002]
Song | Duration |
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My Funny Valentine | 8:25 |
Stan Getz's Finest Hour [2000]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind | 3:52 |
Ultimate Stan Getz [1998]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind | 3:54 |
At the Opera House [1994]
Song | Duration |
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The Nearness of You | 2:51 |
Tea For Two | 6:00 |
Blue Moon | 2:23 |
I Can't Get Started | 2:36 |
Verve Jazz Masters 8 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind | 3:56 |
Highlights (Le Ballade De Stan) [1993]
Song | Duration |
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My Funny Valentine | 8:35 |
The Artistry of Stan Getz: The Best of the Verve Years, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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It Never Entered My Mind | 3:49 |
My Funny Valentine | 8:27 |
Easy Living [1965]
Song | Duration |
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When Joanna Loved Me | |
Here's That Rainy Day |
At the Opera House [1957]
Song | Duration |
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My Funny Valentine | 8:28 |
It Never Entered My Mind | 3:53 |
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House [1957]
Song | Duration |
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My Funny Valentine | 8:27 |
Yesterdays | 3:43 |
It Never Entered My Mind | 3:49 |
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