Connie Kay

Born: 
04/27/1927
City: 
Tuckahoe
Region: 
NY
Country: 
USA
Died: 
11/30/1994
Years Active: 
1940's-1990's
Instruments: 
Drums
Notable Equipment: 
Slingerland Drums
Played With: 
Miles Davis
Roy Eldridge
Dizzy Gillespie
Coleman Hawkins
Modern Jazz Quartet
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Bud Powell
Sonny Rollins
Lester Young
Recorded With: 
Cannonball Adderley
Chet Baker
LaVern Baker
Ruth Brown
Ray Charles
The Clovers
John Coltrane
The Drifters
Bill Evans
Tommy Flanagan
Stan Getz
Milt Jackson
Jay McShann
Van Morrison
Bobby Timmons
Big Joe Turner

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Connie Kay (born Conrad Henry Kirnon) was an American jazz drummer and a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet from 1955 (replacing original drummer Kenny Clarke) until the group's dissolution in 1974.

Discography

Concorde
Released: 1955
Milt Jackson Quartet
Released: 1955
Plenty, Plenty Soul
Released: 1957
Yes Indeed!
Released: 1958
Soul Brothers
Released: 1958
Bean Bags
Released: 1958
Bags' Opus
Released: 1959
The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson
Released: 1959
Know What I Mean?
Released: 1961
Bags & Trane
Released: 1961
Soul Meeting
Released: 1961
Statements
Released: 1962
Invitation
Released: 1962
For Someone I Love
Released: 1963
Swamp Seed
Released: 1963
Born to Be Blue!
Released: 1963
Jazz 'n' Samba
Released: 1964
In a New Setting
Released: 1964
Vibrations
Released: 1964
Stitt Plays Bird
Released: 1966
Astral Weeks
Released: 1968
The Blues & Other Colors
Released: 1969
Tupelo Honey
Released: 1971
Pure Desmond
Released: 1975
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen
Released: 1979

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Modern Jazz Quartet 08/08/1987 Chene Park Amphitheater Detroit Michigan USA
Modern Jazz Quartet 11/30/1990 Orchestra Hall Detroit Michigan USA