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Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet

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Released
  
1968

Artist
  
Milt Jackson

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
31:06

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
May 9 and June 3 & 17, 1968

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968)
  
That's the Way It Is (1969)

Similar
  
Milt Jackson albums, Jazz albums

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quatet is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string quartet arranged and conducted by Tom McIntosh that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album three out of five stars.

Track listing

  1. "You Got to Pay When the Deal Goes Down" (Tom McIntosh) - 3:28
  2. "The Morning After" (Bernard Ebbinghouse) - 3:30
  3. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:29
  4. "A Walkin' Thing" (Benny Carter) - 5:33
  5. "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:37
  6. "A Little Too Much" (Mike Appel, Don Henny) - 3:46
  7. "Bags and Strings" (Milt Jackson) - 3:30
  8. "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 4:13
  • Recorded in New York City on May 9, 1968 (track eight), June 3, 1968 (tracks four and seven) and June 17, 1968 (tracks one to three, five and six)

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
  • James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
  • Sanford Allen - violin
  • Alfred Brown - viola
  • Sidney Edwards (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6), Ronald Lipscomb, Kermit Moore (tracks 4, 7 & 8) - cello
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Ron Carter (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6) - bass
  • Mickey Roker (tracks 1-3, 5, 6 & 8), Grady Tate (tracks 4 & 7) - drums
  • Tom McIntosh - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1You Got to Pay When the Deal Goes Down3:16
    2The Morning After3:23
    3For All We Know3:20

    References

    Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet Wikipedia
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