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Meet Milt Jackson

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Milt Jackson

Label
  
Hallmark Records

Length
  
37:26

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 23, 1949, November 1, 1954, February 7, 1955 and January 5, 1956

Meet Milt Jackson (1949-56)
  
Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)

Similar
  
Milt Jackson albums, Jazz albums

Meet Milt Jackson is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded between 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This collection is valuable for its three tracks from Jackson's January 1956 collaborations with Lucky Thompson.".

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:39
  2. "Soulful" - 7:31
  3. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 3:41
  4. "Telefunken Blues" [Take 2] (Kenny Clarke, Ernie Wilkins) - 5:53
  5. "I've Lost Your Love" - 3:25
  6. "Hearing Bells" - 2:53
  7. "Junior" - 2:34
  8. "Bluesology" - 2:48
  9. "Bubu" - 2:32
  • Recorded in New York City on February 23, 1949 (tracks 6-9), in Los Angeles, California on November 1, 1954 (track 5) and in New York City on February 7, 1955 (track 4) and January 5, 1956 (tracks 1-3)

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes, piano, vocals
  • Bill Massey - trumpet (tracks 6-9)
  • Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 6-9)
  • Frank Morgan - alto saxophone (track 5)
  • Walter Benton (track 5), Billy Mitchell (tracks 6-9), Lucky Thompson (tracks 1-3) - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, flute (track 4)
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone (track 4)
  • Walter Bishop Jr. (tracks 6-9), Wade Legge (tracks 1-3) - piano
  • Nelson Boyd (tracks 6-9), Percy Heath (track 5), Eddie Jones (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1-3) - bass
  • Kenny Clarke (tracks 1-5), Roy Haynes (tracks 6-9) – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins - arranger (track 4)

    • Songs

    1They Can't Take That Away From Me6:38
    2Soulful7:31
    3Flamingo3:40

    References

    Meet Milt Jackson Wikipedia
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