Alyn Shipton selects the most enduring records from vibraphonist Milt Jackson's extensive catalogue, with the help of an archive interview with Jackson himself. Composer: D and E Performers: Milt ...
You know that classic scene from the movie, “Big,” when the man-turned-boy character played by Tom Hanks delights himself and other patrons at the mall by prancing on a huge keyboard that delivers ...
Milt Jackson: Vibes (1-16). With John Lewis: piano; Alvin Jackson: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums; Chano Pozo: congas, bongos (1,2); Henry Boozier: trumpet; Horace Silver ...
The pairing of the Modern Jazz Quartet and Blue Note Records seems somehow incongruent. Blue Note was the home of hard bop—blues- and gospel-influenced, down to earth and funky. The MJQ navigated the ...
A lot of jazz people love The Modern Jazz Quartet, but maybe not all the time. Some of them just wait for the parts when vibraphonist Milt Jackson gets to swinging — that was also Jackson's favorite ...
Milt Jackson, the jazz vibraphonist who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet for 40 years and was one of the premier improvisers in jazz with a special brilliance at playing blues, died Saturday in ...
When you think jazz guitar, it's hard to look past the influence of Wes Montgomery. And when you consider great vibes players, well, Milt Jackson has to be right up there. So, what about when the two ...
Hailed as the “First Lady of Song,” Fitzgerald topped DownBeat magazine’s annual readers’ poll as the best female vocalist for seventeen consecutive years (1953–70). She was just a teenager when her ...
John Mueller is entering his 40th year working for Jackson & Blanc this month. During that span, he’s worked for three generations of family ownership, from Milt Jackson to Dave Jackson and now for ...
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