Milt Jackson: Collection (1972-1974)

Milton "Bags" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and post-bop players.

A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. He preferred to set the vibraphone's oscillator to a low 3.3 revolutions per second (as opposed to Lionel Hampton's speed of 10 revolutions per second) for a more subtle tremolo. On occasion, Jackson sang and played piano professionally…

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Tracklist LP01. Sunflower (1972, 1978, CTI-Japan LAX 3182):

01. For Someone I Love (Jackson) - 10:11
02. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Legrand-Bergman-Bergman) - 6:59
03. People Make the World Go Round (Bell-Creed) - 8:24
04. Sunflower (Hubbard) - 8:48





Tracklist LP02. Goodbye (1973, 1979, CTI-Japan LAX 3231):

01. Detour Ahead (Carter-Ellis-Frigo) - 7:59
02. Goodbye (Jenkins) - 9:17
03. Old Devil Moon (Lane-Harburg) - 5:50
04. SKJ (Jackson) - 6:47
05. Opus de Funk (Silver) - 6:41





Tracklist LP03. Olinga (1974, 1979, CTI-Japan LAX 3232):

01. Olinga (Gillespie) - 3:52
02. Rerev (Jackson-Heath) - 6:15
03. The Metal Melter (Jackson-Heath) - 6:22
04. The Steel Bender (Jackson) - 5:33
05. Lost April (Newman-DeLange-Spencer) - 4:40
06. I'm Not So Sure (Walton) - 7:55