Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet

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Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
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Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedMay 9 and June 3 & 17, 1968
StudioA&R Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length31:06
Label Verve
Producer Esmond Edwards
Milt Jackson chronology
Under the Jasmin Tree
(1968)
Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
(1968)
That's the Way It Is
(1970)

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string quartet arranged and conducted by Tom McIntosh that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album three out of five stars. [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "You Got to Pay When the Deal Goes Down" (Tom McIntosh) - 3:28
  2. "The Morning After" (Bernard Ebbinghouse) - 3:30
  3. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:29
  4. "A Walkin' Thing" (Benny Carter) - 5:33
  5. "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:37
  6. "A Little Too Much" (Mike Appel, Don Henny) - 3:46
  7. "Bags and Strings" (Milt Jackson) - 3:30
  8. "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 4:13
  • Recorded on May 9, 1968 (track eight), June 3, 1968 (tracks four and seven) and June 17, 1968 (tracks one to three, five and six)

Personnel

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References

  1. Milt Jackson discography accessed February 1, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2012