Big Bags

Reception

In his January 3, 1963 review, Down Beat magazine critic John S. Wilson described the album thus: "A big band made up of top New York studio men that varies slightly in the course of three recording sessions, plus arrangements by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins provide the surrounding in which Jackson works here". "This is not really a big band album but a group of solo settings."

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "melodic and always-swinging set".

Track listing

1. "Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 3:07
2. "'Round Midnight" [Take 2] (Thelonious Monk) - 6:50
3. "'Round Midnight" [Take 1] (Monk) - 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "The Dream Is You" (Tadd Dameron) - 3:11
5. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 3:02
6. "Echoes" - 4:35
7. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:17
8. "Star Eyes" [Take 5] (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 3:24
9. "Star Eyes" [Take 4] (de Paul, Raye) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Namesake" - 3:21
11. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:36
12. "Later Than You Think" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:43

Personnel