Milt Jackson

Michel Petrucciani, Anthony Jackson & Steve Gadd, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer & Nhøp, Lalo Schifrin, The Bad Plus, Stan Kenton, Count Basie. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 219 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘For Ellington’ is a tribute album recorded on February 1-3, 1988 in New-York City and released the same year by East West. Track Listing : 1.For Ellington (John Lewis) – 08:01 . 2.Jack The Bear (Duke Ellington) – 05:04 . 3.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 05:05 […]

Dee Dee Bridgewater’s ‘Dear Ella’ is a studio album (in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year)recorded between January 29 and February 19, 1997 and released on September 30, 1997 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Eco (Jackie Mclean) – 06:09 . 2.Poor Eric (Larry Willis) – 10:12 . 3.Christel’S Time (Larry Willis) […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Lonely Woman’ is an album recorded on January 24, 25 & 29 and February 2, 1962 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) – 06:20 . 2.Animal Dance (John Lewis) – 04:05 . 3.New York 19 (John Lewis) – 07:59 . 4.Belkis (John Lewis) – […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Fontessa’ is an album recorded from January 22 till February 14, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Versailles (John Lewis) – 03:22 . 2.Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 03:48 . 3.Fontessa (John Lewis) – 11:12 . 4.Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 03:50 […]

‘Two of the Few’ by Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson is a studio album recorded on January 20, 1983 and released the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Oh, Lady Be Good! (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 07:54 . 2.If I Had You (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 04:27 . 3.Limehouse Blues […]

‘Bags & Trane’ by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane is an album (titled after their nicknames) recorded on January 15, 1959 with Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Connie Kay and released in December 1961 by Atlantic Records. Track Listing : 1.Bags & Trane (Milt Jackson) – 07:25 . 2.Three Little Words (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) […]

Milt Jackson’s ‘Plenty, Plenty Soul’ is an album recorded on January 5 & 7, 1957 with Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey, Connie Kay and more guests and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones) – 09:33 . 2.Boogity Boogity (Quincy Jones) – 04:55 […]

‘Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants’ is an album recorded on December 24, 1954 and October 26, 1956, with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson and released in 1959 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Man I Love [Take 2] (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 07:59 . 2.Swing Spring (Miles Davis) – 10:46 . 3.’Round […]

‘Bags Meets Wes!’ by Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery is a collaboration album recorded in December, 1961 and released in 1962 By Riverside. Track Listing : 1.S.K.J. (Milt Jackson) – 05:17 . 2.Stablemates (Benny Golson) – 05:45 . 3.Stairway To The Stars (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 03:38 . 4.Blue Roz (Wes Montgomery) […]

Dinah Shore, Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner , Dave Brubeck, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall, Jean Luc Ponty, Herbie Hancock. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 244 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are […]

Milt Jackson’s ‘Goodbye’ is an album recorded on December 12, 1972 and December, 1973 with various top class musicians and released in 1974 By Cti. Track Listing : 1.Old Devil Moon (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 05:50 . 2.S.K.J. (Milt Jackson) – 06:47 . 3.Opus De Funk (Horace Silver) – 06:46 . 4.Detour Ahead […]

Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Nat king Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Dave Brubeck, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton, Micky Roker, Shirley Horn, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington , Gene Krupa, Anita O’Day, Miles […]

October 18, 1984 – Milt Jackson (vib) will share the stage with Cedar Walton (p), Micky Roker (d) and Ray Brown (b) at Jazz Fest in Hamburg,Germany

Pat Metheny, Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, NHØP, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Chucho Valdes, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Abdullah Ibrahim, James Blood Ulmer, Sam Rivers. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected […]

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet’ is an album (including four tracks performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet) recorded on January 17, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Stopper (Sonny Rollins) – 02:59 . 2.Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 03:26 . […]

This day (October 4, 1999), in New York, died Art Farmer, an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.

The Temptations’s ‘For Lovers Only’ is an album (featuring the final recordings of Melvin Franklin) released on September 26, 1995 by Motown. Track Listing : 1.Some Enchanted Evening (Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Richard Rodgers) – 05:28 . 2.I’Ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 05:49 . 3.At Last (Mack Gordon, Harry […]

August 28, 1995 – the Milt Jackson Quintet featuring Jimmy Heath and his brother Percy Heath performs outdoors at Grant’s Tomb near Riverside Church in Harlem, New-York City

The Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Pyramid’ is an album recorded on August 22 & 25 and December 21, 1959 and January 15, 1960 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Vendome (John Lewis) – 02:30 . 2.Pyramid (Blues For Junior) (Ray Brown) – 10:46 . 3.It Don’T Mean A Thing (If It Ain’T […]