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Bean Bags

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Released
  
April 1960

Length
  
36:08

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Atlantic

Recorded
  
September 12, 1958 New York City

Bean Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson and saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Many of vibraphonist Milt Jackson's Atlantic recordings are long overdue to appear on CD, and that certainly includes Bean Bags, which features a meeting with the great tenor Coleman Hawkins. Assisted by a top-notch quartet".

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 7:25
  2. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:41
  3. "Don't Take Your Love From Me" (Henry Nemo) - 4:49
  4. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:28
  5. "Sandra's Blues" - 6:38
  6. "Indian Blues" - 6:07

Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Connie Kay - – drums

    • References

    Bean Bags Wikipedia
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