Milt Jackson

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 […]

‘Quintet / Sextet’ by Miles Davis & Milt Jackson is a studio album recorded on August 5, 1955 with Jackie McLean and released in 1956 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Dr. Jackle (Jackie Mclean) – 08:55 . 2.Bitty Ditty (Thad Jones) – 06:37 . 3.Minor March (Jackie Mclean) – 08:18 . 4.Changes (Ray Bryant) – […]

‘The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2’ is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in 1959 By Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Medley: Stardust/I Can’T Get Started/Lover Man (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish/Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin/Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – […]

‘Collaboration’ by the Modern Jazz Quartet & Laurindo Almeida is an album recorded on July 21, 1964 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Silver (John Lewis) – 03:40 . 2.Trieste (John Lewis) – 05:22 . 3.Valeria (John Lewis) – 05:47 . 4.Fugue In A Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 03:46 . […]

Milt Jackson’s ‘Wizard of the Vibes’ is an album recorded on July 2, 1948 with the Thelonious Monk Quintet and on April 7, 1952 with the Modern Jazz Quartet plus Lou Donaldson and released in 1952 by Blue Note Records.. Track Listing : 1.Tahiti (Milt Jackson) – 03:29 . 2.Lillie (Milt Jackson) – 03:15 . […]

Miles Davis’ ‘Bags’ Groove’ is an album compiling material from two 10 LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternate takes recorded on June 29 & December 24, 1954 and released in 1957 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) [Take 1] – 11:16 . 2.Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) [Take 2] – 09:24 . […]

June 14, 1997 – Milt Jackson (vb), Benny Golson (ts), Art Farmer (tp), Ulf Wakenius (g), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b), Jonas Johansen (d), Kenny Kirkland (p), Toots Thielemans (harm) and Max Roach (d) will share the stage at Große Konzertscheue in Salzau, Germany for Jazzbaltica

Lena Horne’s ‘Being Myself’ is her last before last studio album released on June 2, 1998 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues (Jimmy Smith) – 03:43 . 2.As Long As I Live (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 02:27 . 3.Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke) – 04:25 […]

Ray Charles ‘In Person’ is a live album recorded on May 28, 1959 at Morris Brown College’s Herndon Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia and released In July 1960 by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.The Right Time (Lew Herman, Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena) – 03:42 . 2.What’D I Say (Ray Charles) – 04:21 . 3.Yes, Indeed (Sy […]

May 16, 1962 – you do not want to miss the Modern Jazz Quartet – that is John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vb), Percy Heath (b) & Connie Kay (d) -.at “Jazz Casual” on NET.

This day (May 10, 1989), in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, died Woody Shaw, an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist.

This day (April 28, 2005), in Southampton, New York, died Percy Heath, an American jazz bassist, member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

This day (April 19, 2005), in Copenhagen, Denmark, died Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, a Danish jazz bassist.

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘European Concert’ is a live album recorded on April 11, 12 & 13, 1960 in Sweden and released In 1962 by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Django (John Lewis) – 05:32 . 2.Bluesology (Milt Jackson) – 04:39 . 3.I Should Care (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 05:33 . 4.La Ronde (John […]

Quincy Jones’ ‘This Is How I Feel About Jazz’ is his debut album recorded in New-York City and released on March 21, 1957 by Abc Paramount. Track Listing : 1.Walkin’ (Richard Carpenter) – 10:47 . 2.Stockholm Sweetnin’ (Quincy Jones) – 05:41 . 3.Evening In Paris (Quincy Jones) – 04:09 . 4.Sermonette (Adderley, Hendricks) – 05:58 […]

‘Three Windows’ by the Modern Jazz Quartet is an album recorded between March 16 & 20, 1987 with the New York Chamber Symphony and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Three Windows (John Lewis) – 08:13 . 2.Kansas City Breaks (John Lewis) – 06:29 . 3.Encoutner In Cagnes (John Lewis) – 12:28 […]

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) – […]