“Dressed as a woman in delicacy and distinction, and wearing an air of seriousness and honourability, the hard core of jazz, its irreducible specifity, slips incognito into the china-shop and, once inside, takes off its mask.” Alain Gerber Fremeaux & Associes’ « Quintessence » products have undergone an analogical and digital restoration process which is recognized throughout the world. Each 2 CD set edition includes liner notes in English as well as a guarantee. This 2 CD set present a selection of the best recordings by the Modern Jazz Quartet between 1952 and 1960.