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The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson

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Released
  
1959

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1959)
  
Pyramid (1959)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
38:12

Artist
  
Milt Jackson

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 1 and September 9 & 10, 1959

Similar
  
Milt Jackson albums, Jazz albums

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions are by Milt Jackson except as indicated:
  1. "The Cylinder" - 2:45
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:02
  3. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:50
  4. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 4:29
  5. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:02
  6. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) - 3:38
  7. "Deep in a Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy van Heusen) - 3:39
  8. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) - 4:39
  9. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Dorcas Cochran, Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador) - 3:48
  10. "Tomorrow" - 3:22
  • Recorded in New York City on May 1, 1959 (tracks 6, 7, 9 & 10), September 9, 1959 (tracks 4, 5 & 8) and September 10, 1959 (tracks 1-3)

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Don Hammond - alto flute
  • Romeo Penque - reeds
  • Max Cahn, Alexander Cores, Paul Gershman, Julius Held, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Leonard Posner, Sol Shapiro - violin
  • Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Burt Fisch, David Mankowitz - viola
  • Maurice Brown, Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro, George Ricci - cello
  • Gloria Agostini - harp
  • Jimmy Jones - piano, arranger
  • Barry Galbraith, Chuck Wayne - guitar
  • Bill Crow, Milt Hinton - bass
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1The Cylinder2:48
    2Makin' Whoopee3:05
    3Alone Together4:53

    References

    The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson Wikipedia
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