Ray Brown / Milt Jackson

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Ray Brown / Milt Jackson
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Studio album by Ray Brown and Milt Jackson
Released 1965
Recorded January 4 & 5, 1965
Genre Jazz
Length40:33
Label Verve
Producer Jim Davis
Milt Jackson chronology
In a New Setting
(1964)
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson
(1965)
Jazz Dialogue
(1965)

Ray Brown / Milt Jackson is an album by bassist Ray Brown and vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label. [1]

Ray Brown (musician) American jazz double bassist and cellist

Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

Milt Jackson American musician

Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players.

Verve Records American record label

Verve Records, also known as The Verve Music Group, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier labels, Clef Records, founded in 1946, Norgran Records, founded in 1953, and material previously licensed to Mercury Records.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars. [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

  1. "Lined with a Groove" (Ray Brown) - 5:34
  2. "For Someone I Love (What's Your Story)" (Milt Jackson) - 4:35
  3. "Dew and Mud" (Jimmy Heath) - 4:19
  4. "I Just Can't Fool Myself" (Brown) - 6:16
  5. "Lazy Theme" (Oscar Peterson) - 4:53
  6. "Now Hear My Meaning" (Jimmy Woods) - 5:16
  7. "In a Crowd" (John Lewis) - 6:05
  8. "Monterey Mist" (Jackson) - 3:35
  • Recorded in New York City on January 4 & 5, 1965

Personnel

Vibraphone musical instrument

The vibraphone is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist or vibraharpist.

Double bass Acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family

The double bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

Ernest Andrew "Ernie" Royal was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band recording The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).

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References

  1. Milt Jackson discography accessed January 24, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed January 24, 2012