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The Early Years 1945-52
Milt Jackson
The Early Years 1945-52
Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson is best-known as the long-time vibraphone player with The Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the most important and longest-established ensembles in post-war jazz. However, in the seven years prior to that group's first formal recordings under that name in 1952, Milt Jackson recorded with some of the most significant and influential names in the genre, developing the musical concepts, techniques and partnerships which helped from the basis of the MJQ's highly distinctive approach to jazz. During the late '40s and first years of the '50s he recorded with groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown, Howard McGhee, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke, as well as making his first recordings leading his own different line-ups - his two sets of recordings with Monk's Quartet and Quintet in 1948 and 1951 are especially notable. In those groups, he played with a host of bop era luminaries, including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Don Byas, J.J. Johnson, Art Blakey, Max Roach and many others, including his first session with future MJQ colleague John Lewis. This great-value 48-track 2-CD set selects studio recordings and 'live' performances from that hugely significant formative period, by the end of which the initial NJQ line-up had crystallised as the Milt Jackson Quartet. It's a thoroughly entertaining and illuminating insight into how Jackson's already finely-honed style interacted with an eclectic range of the genre's finest talents.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | June 9, 2017 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046320522 |
Label | ACROBAT ADDCD3205 |
Genre | Jazz |
Dimensions | 124 × 141 × 10 mm · 103 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Dizzy Gillespie and His Rebop Six - Dizzy Atmosphere
- Tempo Jazzmen - Round Midnight
- Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - 52nd Street Theme
- Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - a Night in Tunisia
- Ray Brown's All Stars Aka the Be Bop Boys - Boppin the Blues
- Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra - Bean and the Boys
- Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra - You Go to My Head
- Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra - Cocktails for Two
- Howard Mcghee Sextet - Coolie-rini
- Howard Mcghee Sextet - Surrender
- Milt Jackson & His Allstars - Bobbin' with Robin
- Milt Jackson & His Allstars - Baggy Eyes
- Milt Jackson & His Allstars - Slits
- Lord Nelson & His Boppers - Red Shoes
- Lord Nelson & His Boppers - Star Dust
- Thelonious Monk Quartet - Evidence
- Thelonious Monk Quartet - Misterioso
- Thelonious Monk Quartet - Epistrophy
- Thelonious Monk Quartet - I Mean You
- Howard Mcghee / Fats Navarro Boptet - the Skunk
- Kenny Clarke and His Clique - Bruz
- Kenny Clarke and His Clique - You Go to My Head
- Milt Jackson and His New Sound Group - Hearing Bells
- Milt Jackson and His New Sound Group - Junior
- Milt Jackson and His New Sound Group - Bubu
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2. CD
- Bluesology
- Tin Tin Deo
- The Champ Pt. 1
- Willow Weep for Me
- Criss Cross
- Straight No Chaser
- Milt Meets Sid
- D & E
- Yesterdays
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Autumn Breeze
- Moving Nicely
- Round Midnight
- Bluesology
- Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
- Love Me Pretty Baby
- Heart and Soul
- True Blues
- Lillie
- Tahiti
- What's New
- Bag's Groove
- How High the Moon
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