MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Milt Jackson - vibes
Lucky Thompson - tenor sax
John Lewis - piano
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Barney Kessel - guitar
Skeeter Best - guitar
Oscar Pettiford - bass
Percy Heath - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums
Lawrence Marable - drums
Ralph Burns - arrangements
so in love - 3:14
these foolish things - 4:25
solitude - 4:43
the song is ended - 4:40
they didn't believe me - 3:45
how high the moon - 6:13
gerry's blues - 5:02
hello - 3:47
bright blues - 6:13
Whenever Milt Jackson could free himself from the 'bondage' of the Modern Jazz Quartet and its assertive leader John Lewis, he dedicated himself to his two great passions: ballads and the blues
That was precisely the case when he entered the famous Rudy van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA in 1956
He was free to choose his sidemen, and money was no object, which is why various formations gathered in the studio for the three recording sessions
With Lucky Thompson on the tenor sax (unfortunately for only three numbers), Barry Galbraith, Barney Kessel or Skeeter Best on the guitar, Oscar Pettiford or Percy Heath on the bass, together with Kenny Clarke or Lawrence Marable on the drums, he set off on a journey through the history of jazz
John Lewis stayed unobtrusively in the background and offered 'Bags' (as Milt was known) plenty of opportunities to glory in soloistic freedom
The themes were soon found: the musical composers Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, as well as a work from The Duke Ellington Songbook, formed a basis upon which all the musicians could perform with confidence
Three compositions by Milt Jackson himself proved that he too was full of imagination
If you don’t possess this LP – or maybe none by Milt Jackson – here is an opportunity to remedy this shortcoming
The present author would award this recording 5 out of 5 possible stars!
RECORDING January 17 & 21 1956 in New York City and February 14 1956 at Rudy van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey
ENGINEERING Bob Doherty, John Kraus, Tom Dowd
LABEL Atlantic
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2019
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
