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Milt Jackson: Da Capo

Read "Da Capo" reviewed by Nic Jones


Milt Jackson was to the vibraphone what Bud Powell was to the piano, in terms of how he disseminated the expansive harmonic vocabulary of bebop. This set, featuring both his early small group work and a fledgling Modern Jazz Quartet, indicates just how expansive his music was in the first decades of his career. “Baggy Eyes" ...

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Groovin' With Diz & Co.

Label: in-akustik
Released: 2006
Track listing: Shaw Nuff ; Hot House ; Mean To Me ; Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be) ; East Of The Sun ; One Bass Hit No. 1 ; That's Earl Brother ; Opp Bop Sh'bam ; A Hand Fulla Gimme ; My Melancholy Baby ; Cherokee ; On The Alamo ; All The Things You Are ; Dizzy Atmosphere ; Blue 'N' Boogie ;

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Milt Jackson: Things are Getting Better; Bags Meets Wes

Read "Milt Jackson: Things are Getting Better; Bags Meets Wes" reviewed by Donald Elfman


Milt “Bags Jackson gained international notoriety as the vibraphonist and co-leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet, in which setting his rich and warm sense of the blues, his solid swing and his mastery of technique on his instrument provided a somewhat more animated complement to the slightly more delicate and ethereal playing of pianist John Lewis ...

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Midnight Session

Label: Qwest Records
Released: 2004

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Bags Meets Wes

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: S.K.J., Stablemates, Stairway to the Stars, Blue Roz, Sam Sack, Jingles, Delilah, Stairway to the Stars (take 2), Jingles (take 8), Delilah (take 3).

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Soul Route

Label: Pablo Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Sittin' In The Sandtrap; Blues For Gene; How Long Has This Been Going On; Dejection Blues; Soul Route; Ne-Afterglow; In A Mellowtone; My Romance; Chloe. (Total Time: 46:26).

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80th Birthday Celebration

Label: Qwest Records
Released: 2002

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Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery: Bags Meets Wes

Read "Bags Meets Wes" reviewed by David Rickert


It’s unfair to blame Wes Montgomery for the soulless work of those who claim him as an influence; his trademark octave runs became a cash cow for the smooth jazz associated with the piped-in music of doctor’s offices and grocery stores. In reality, Montgomery was a much sought-after player by many; even Coltrane played with him ...


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