mjzee Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Does anyone know of a complete on-line Milt Jackson discography? It'd be fun to follow his recordings from the MJQ to the Savoys to the Atlantics to CTI, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 Bio-discographer extraordinaire Chris Sheridan is working on one, but not for online. I forget whether this or his Dizzy Gillespie one will be out first. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Mjzee, what can you recommend of later Milt? I've been listening to a couple of early sixties recordings (non-MJQ) and last night listened to MJQ & Friends from 1993. Some of the tracks on the latter disc really are good, but Milt's playing sounded incredible. Its funny. I have a whole new respect for mallets playing and I never respected this 1993 recording of Milt like I did last night! I'm going to be seeking out more Milt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Milt was amazing. The MJQ (esp. John Lewis) restrained what he could do, though I respect the music they made. But Milt was in a whole other league. As for later Milt, check out the recordings made at Ronnie Scott's in 1983 for Pablo. He had a great quartet: Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, and Mickey Roker. I think there were 3 LP's: one is called "A London Bridge," one called something like "Recollections of Thelonious Sphere Monk" (you know, one of those catchy Pablo titles), and I forget the third. But driving, exciting, crisp, intelligent music! I highly recommend these. He was great up until the end. Some of his last recordings on Qwest...there was one with vocalists, for example...no excuses, just great music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajf67 Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 mjzee is right on the money. I wholeheartedly second those Pablo recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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