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Released
  
34:10

Artist
  
Milt Jackson

Label
  
Savoy Records

Length
  
42:21

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 25, 1949 and January 5, 1956

Roll 'Em Bags (1949-56)
  
Meet Milt Jackson (1949-56)

Similar
  
Milt Jackson albums, Jazz albums

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Roll 'Em Bags is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 3 stars stating "Although not commonly viewed as a hard bop pioneer, the urbane, bluesy structures that distinguish Jackson's writing at this time, arguably, make him a trailblazer for the movement.".

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "Conglomeration" - 2:52
  2. "Bruz" - 2:50
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:55
  4. "Roll 'Em Bags" - 2:39
  5. "Faultless - 2:35
  6. "Hey, Frenchy" (Ozzie Cadena) - 2:35
  7. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:38
  8. "Fred's Mood" - 6:26
  9. "Wild Man" - 5:40
  • Recorded in New York City on January 25, 1949 (tracks 1-6) and January 5, 1956 (tracks 7-9)

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes, piano
  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 1-6)
  • Julius Watkins - French horn (tracks 1-6)
  • Billy Mitchell (tracks 1-6), Lucky Thompson (tracks 7-9) - tenor saxophone
  • Wade Legge - piano (tracks 7-9)
  • Wendell Marshall (tracks 7-9) Curly Russell (tracks 1-6) - bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums
  • Joe Harris - timbales (tracks 1-6)

    • Songs

    1Conglomeration2:55
    2Bruz2:55
    3You Go to My Head2:59

    References

    Roll 'Em Bags Wikipedia
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