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Ballads and Blues (Milt Jackson album)

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Released
  
1956

Ballads & Blues (1956)
  
Fontessa (1956)

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
42:02

Artist
  
Milt Jackson

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 17 & 21, 1956 and February 14, 1956

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Ballads & Blues is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "So in Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:14
  2. "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) - 4:25
  3. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington) - 4:43
  4. "The Song is Ended" (Irving Berlin) - 4:40
  5. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 3:45
  6. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:13
  7. "Gerry's Blues" - 5:02
  8. "Hello" - 3:47
  9. "Bright Blues" - 6:13
  • Recorded in New York City on January 17 (tracks 6, 8 & 9) and January 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 14 (tracks 2, 4 & 7), 1956

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone (tracks 6, 8 & 9)
  • John Lewis - piano (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
  • Skeeter Best (tracks 6, 8 & 9), Barry Galbraith (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Barney Kessel (tracks 2, 4 & 7) – guitar
  • Percy Heath (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9) - bass
  • Kenny Clarke (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9), Lawrence Marable (tracks 2, 4 & 7) – drums

    • Songs

    1So In Love3:11
    2These Foolish Things4:26
    3Solitude4:39

    References

    Ballads & Blues (Milt Jackson album) Wikipedia
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