Celebrating the birthday of pianist and composer #JohnLewis who composed "Django." Over the years John. Lewis distinguished himself not just as a pianist with a distinctively low-key touch but also as a composer, arranger and educator. But he was internationally lauded for one thing above all: his long tenure as pianist and musical director of the #ModernJazzQuartet . The M.J.Q., as it was popularly known, was probably the most celebrated small group in jazz history and unquestionably the most d