Milt Jackson Catalog

1945 (age 22)

Dinah Washington Sings The Blues   Grand Award GA 33-318   1955

Karl George, trumpet; Jewel Grant, alto sax; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Gene Porter, baritone sax, clarinet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Wilbert Baranco, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Lee Young, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal.

Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1945

S1170-3Wise Woman Blues
S1173Chewin' Woman Blues (as Chewin' Mama Blues)

same personnel.

Los Angeles, CA, December 12, 1945

S1175-1Rich Man's Blues
S1176Beggin' Woman Blues (as Beggin' Mama Blues)

same personnel.

Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 1945

S1180Blues For A Day

** also released on Grand Award GA 264-SD.

Dinah Washington - Mellow Mama   Delmark DL-451   1992

same personnel.

Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1945

S1171-2Walking Blues
S1172-2No Voot - No Boot

same personnel.

Los Angeles, CA, December 12, 1945

S1174-2My Lovin' Papa

same personnel.

Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 1945

S1178Mellow Mama Blues
S1179My Voot Is Really Vout

** also released on Delmark DD-451 in 1992.

Charlie Parker - Yardbird In Lotus Land   Spotlite (E) SPJ 123

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Stan Levey, drums; Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman, announcer.

AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, December 29, 1945

Dizzy Atmosphere
Shaw 'Nuff
Groovin' High

1946

Charlie Parker - Rappin' With Bird   Meexa Discox 1776

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Charlie Parker, alto sax, vocal; Luckey Tompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Stan Levey, drums.

WEAF radio broadcast, Billy Berg's Supper Club, Hollywood, CA, January 24, 1946

Salt Peanuts

Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Berman, Fats Navarro - Modern Jazz Trumpets   Spotlite (E) SPJ 132

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax, vocal; Milt Jackson, vibes, vocal; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Stan Levey, drums.

Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, February 7, 1946

D1001-EConfirmation
D1002-EDiggin' For Diz
D1003-ADynamo A (as Dynamo)
D1003-BDynamo B (as Dynamo A)
D1004-EWhen I Grow Too Old To Dream
D1005-A'Round About Midnight
D1005-B-

Dizzy Gillespie And Modern Trumpets   Dial LP 212   1952

same session.

Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, February 7, 1946

D1004-BWhen I Grow Too Old To Dream

Dizzy Gillespie   RCA Victor LPV-530   1966

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Don Byas, tenor sax #1,2; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Bill DeArango, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

NYC, February 22, 1946

1. D6VB1682-152nd Street Theme (take 1)
2. D6VB1683-2Night In Tunisia (incomplete take)
3. D6VB1685-2Anthropology (take 2)

The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie   RCA Victor LPM-2398   1961

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Don Byas, tenor sax #1-3; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Bill DeArango, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

NYC, February 22, 1946

1. D6VB1682-252nd Street Theme (take 2)
2. D6VB1683-1Night In Tunisia (take 1)
3. D6VB1684-1Ol' Man Rebop
4. D6VB1685-1Anthropology (take 1)

Dizzy Gillespie - In The Beginning   Prestige P-24030   1973

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Gil Fuller, Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, May 15, 1946

5497One Bass Hit Part 1
5499A Handfulla Gimme

Dave Burns, Talib Daawud, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Ray Orr, trumpet; Leon Comegys, Charles Greenlea, Al Moore, trombone; John Brown, Howard Johnson, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Warren Lucky, tenor sax; Pee Wee Moore, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, June 10, 1946

5551Good Dues Blues

Dave Burns, Talib Daawud, Kenny Dorham, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Leon Comegys, Alton "Slim" Moore, Gordon Thomas, trombone; Howard Johnson, Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Warren Lucky, tenor sax; Leo Parker, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, July 9, 1946

5612He Bepped When He Shoulda Bopped

Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Matthew McKay, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Taswell Baird, Al Moore, Gordon Thomas, trombone; John Brown, Scoops Carey, alto sax; Bill Frazier, James Moody, tenor sax; Pee Wee Moore, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Kenny Hagood, vocal.

NYC, November 12, 1946

5788I Waited For You

Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie   Savoy MG 12020   1955

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Gil Fuller, Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, May 15, 1946

5498Oop Bop Sha Bam
5500That's Earl, Brother

Dave Burns, Talib Daawud, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Ray Orr, trumpet; Leon Comegys, Charles Greenlea, Al Moore, trombone; John Brown, Howard Johnson, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Warren Lucky, tenor sax; Pee Wee Moore, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, June 10, 1946

5550Our Delight

Dave Burns, Talib Daawud, Kenny Dorham, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Leon Comegys, Alton "Slim" Moore, Gordon Thomas, trombone; Howard Johnson, Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Warren Lucky, tenor sax; Leo Parker, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Alice Roberts, vocal.

NYC, July 9, 1946

5609One Bass Hit Part 2
5610Ray's Idea
5611Things To Come

Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, John Lynch, Matthew McKay, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Taswell Baird, Al Moore, Gordon Thomas, trombone; John Brown, Scoops Carey, alto sax; Bill Frazier, James Moody, tenor sax; Pee Wee Moore, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Kenny Hagood, vocal.

NYC, November 12, 1946

5789Emanon

Dizzy Gillespie '46 Live At The Spotlite   Hi-Fly H 01

Dave Burns, Talib Dawud, Kenny Dorham, John Lynch, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Leon Comegys, Charles Greenlea, Alim Moore, trombone; Howard Johnson, Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Ray Abrams, Warren Luckey, tenor sax; Leo Parker, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, May-June, 1946

'Round Midnight
Oo-Bup-Sh' Bam
The Man I Love
Things To Come

The Dizzy Gillespie Story   Savoy MG 12110   1957

Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; John Brown, alto sax; James Moody, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Gil Fuller, arranger.

NYC, September 25, 1946

S3354-2For Hecklers Only
S3355BSmoky Hollow Jump
S3356BBoppin' The Blues (as Dizz-Moody)
S3357BMoody Speaks

Coleman Hawkins - Bean And The Boys   Prestige PRST 7824   1970

Fats Navarro, trumpet #1,2; J.J. Johnson, trombone #1,2; Porter Kilbert, alto sax #1,2; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Max Roach, drums.

NYC, December, 1946

1. SR1858-1Bean And The Boys
2. SR1858-2-
3. SR1859You Go To My Head
4. SR1860-1Cocktails For Two

1947

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra - Dizzier And Dizzier   RCA Victor LJM-1009   1954

Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, Matthew McKay, Ray Orr, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Taswell Baird, William Shepherd, trombone; John Brown, Howard Johnson, alto sax; Joe Gayles, James Moody, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; John Collins, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Joe Harris, drums.

NYC, August 22, 1947

D7VB1542-1Ow!
D7VB1544-1Two Bass Hit

Various Artists - The Be-Bop Era   RCA Victor LPV-519   1965

Dave Burns, Matthew McKay, Ray Orr, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal #1, trumpet #2; Taswell Baird, William Shepherd, trombone; John Brown, Howard Johnson, alto sax; Joe Gayles, James Moody, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; John Collins, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Kenny Hagood, vocal #1.

NYC, August 22, 1947

1. D7VB1543-1Oop-Pop-A-Da
2. D7VB1545-1Stay On It

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra   Arco AL 8   1947

Dave Burns, Matthew McKay, Ray Ore, Elmon Wright, trumpet; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Joe Taswell Baird, William Shepherd, trombone; John Brown, Howard Johnson, alto sax; Joe Gayles, James Moody, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano, arranger; Al McKibbon, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Chano Pozo, congas; Lorenzo Salan, bongos; Kenny "Pancho" Hagood, vocal; Tadd Dameron, Gil Fuller, George Russell, arranger.

Carnegie Hall, NYC, September 29, 1947

N1791-EFestival In Cuba
N1792-2EPanic In Puerto Rico
N1793-2EBop Salad
N1794-EA Serenade In Fifths
N1795-B2To Be Sure

Howard McGhee - Trumpet At Tempo   Spotlite (E) SPJ 131

Howard McGhee, trumpet; James Moody, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

NYC, December 3, 1947

D1121-ADorothy
D1122-ANight Mist
D1122-B-
D1123-CCoolie-Rini
D1124-BNight Music
D1125-ATurnip Blood
D1125-B-
D1126-CSurrender
D1127-ASleep Walker Boogie
D1128-AStop Time Blues
D1129-AYou

Various Artists - Night Music   Dial LP 217

same session.

NYC, December 3, 1947

D1130-ANight In Abyssinia

1948

Howard McGhee And Milt Jackson   Savoy MG 12026   1955

Howard McGhee, trumpet; Jimmy Heath, alto, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Will Davis as Vernon Diddle, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Joe Harris, drums.

Chicago, IL, February, 1948

Merry Lee
Short Life
Talk Of The Town
Bass C Jam
Down Home
Sweet & Lovely
Fiesta
I'm In The Mood For Love

Howard McGhee - Maggie: The Savoy Sessions   Savoy SJL 2219   1977

same session.

Chicago, IL, February, 1948

Bass C Jam (alternate take)

Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt - In The Beginning   Galaxy LP 204   1964

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Alvin Jackson, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Chano Pozo, congas.

United Sound Systems, Detroit, MI, April, 1948

K5518 | 4001Bobbin' With Robin (as Baggy's Blues)
K5519 | 4004Baggy Eyes
K5520 | 4003Slits
K5521 | 4002Autumn Breeze (as In A Beautiful Mood)

Willie Wells, trumpet; Sonny Stitt as Lord Nelson, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Will Davis, piano; Jimmy Glover, bass; Dave Heard, drums.

United Sound Systems, Detroit, MI, June, 1948

K5461 | 4017Stardust
K5462 | 4020Ratio And Proportion
K5508 | 4018Red Shoes
K5512 | 4019Time To Dream (as Body And Soul)

Russell Jacquet, trumpet; Sonny Stitt as Lord Nelson, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Charles Thompson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Max Roach, drums.

K5507 | 4022Be Bop Blues
K5509 | 4021Royal Wedding
K5510 | 4023Fine And Dandy
K5511 | 4024Silver Slipper (as 3rd Song (Silver Slipper))

** also released on Galaxy LP 8204 in 1964; Original Jazz Classics OJC-1771 in 1991, OJCCD-1771-2 in 1991; America (F) 30 AM 6072 in 1969.

The Tadd Dameron Band   Jazzland JLP 68   1962

Fats Navarro, trumpet; Allan Eager, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, summer and fall 1948

Symphonette

** part of Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Band, Milestone M-47041 in 1977, MCD-47041-2 in 1991.

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius   Blue Note BN-LA579-H2   1976

Milton Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; John Simmons, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums; Kenny 'Pancho' Hagood, vocal.

Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

BN326-3All The Things You Are
BN327-1I Should Care (alternate take)

** same as Genius Of Modern Music Volume One, Blue Note BLP 1510 in 1956 + Genius Of Modern Music Volume Two, BLP 1511 in 1956 + 8 bonus tracks.

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk   Mosaic MR4-101   1983

same session.

Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

BN327-2I Should Care

Sahib Shihab, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

BN393-1Criss-Cross (alternate take)

** same as Genius Of Modern Music Volume One, Blue Note BLP 1510 in 1956 + Genius Of Modern Music Volume Two, BLP 1511 in 1956 + 25 bonus tracks.

Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet   Blue Note BLP 1509   1956

Milton Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; John Simmons, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.

Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

BN328-0Evidence
BN329-1Misterioso (alternate take)

Sahib Shihab, alto sax #1-3; Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

1. BN392-2Four In One (alternate take)
2. BN393-0Criss-Cross
3. BN394-0Eronel
4. BN397-0Willow Weep For Me

Lou Donaldson, alto sax #1,4,6; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

WOR Studios, NYC, April 7, 1952

1. BN422-0 tk.1Tahiti
2. BN423-1 tk.4Lillie
3. BN423-2 tk.5Lillie (alternate take)
4. BN424-2 tk.8Bags' Groove
5. BN425-3 tk.12What's New
6. BN427-0 tk.16On The Scene

** also released on Blue Note BST 81509 (pseudo stereo).

Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music Volume One   Blue Note BLP 1510   1956

Milton Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; John Simmons, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.

Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948

BN329-0Misterioso (as Mysterioso)
BN330-0Epistrophy
BN331-1I Mean You

** also released on Blue Note BST 81510 (pseudo stereo) in 1966.
** part of The Complete Genius, Blue Note BN-LA579-H2 in 1976. and of The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk, Mosaic MR4-101 in 1983.

The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2   Blue Note BLP 1532   1957

Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro, trumpet; Ernie Henry, alto sax; Milton Jackson, vibes, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948

BN336-1The Skunk (alternate take)
BN339-0Double Talk (alternate take)

Howard McGhee All Stars/Howard McGhee Sextet   Blue Note (J) K18P-9274   1983

same session.

Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948

BN337-1Boperation
BN336-3The Skunk

** same as Howard McGhee's All Stars - The McGhee-Navarro Sextet, Blue Note BLP 5012 in 1952 + Howard McGhee Vol. 2, BLP 5024 in 1953.

The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron   Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33373 2 3   1995

same session.

Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948

BN337-2Boperation (alternate take)

The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1   Blue Note BLP 1531   1957

same session.

Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948

BN338-0Double Talk

1949

Roll Em Bags   Savoy MG-12042   1956

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Julius Watkins, French horn; Billie Mitchell, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Joe Harris, timbales.

NYC, January 25, 1949

KC171CConglomeration
KC172ABruz
KC173CYou Go To My Head
KC174BRoll 'Em Bags
KC175BFaultless
KC176BHey, Frenchy

Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Wade Legge, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 5, 1956

69116Come Rain Or Come Shine
69118Wild Man
69120Fred's Mood

Wini Brown With Milt Jackson - Miss Brown For You   Savoy Jazz SJL 1163   1986

Wini Brown, vocal; with unknown, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; unknown, tenor sax; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; unknown, piano; unknown, bass; possibly Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, February 21, 1949

NSC464-1My Brand Of Honey (take #1)
NSC464-3My Brand Of Honey (take #3)
NSC465-2He's Good Enough For Me
NSC466-1If Love Is Trouble
NSC467-1Grieving For You (take #1)
NSC467-2Grieving For You (take #2)

Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke With Winni Brown - Bluesology   Savoy SJL 1130   1980

same session.

NYC, February 21, 1949

NSC464-4My Brand Of Honey
NSC465-3He's Good Enough For Me

Bill Massey, trumpet; Julius Watkins, French horn; Billie Mitchell, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Walter Bishop, piano; Nelson Boyd, bass; Roy Haynes as Joe Hanes, drums.

NYC, February 23, 1949

Junior - 4
Bluesology - 2

Wini Brown - He's Good Enough For Me / If Love Is Trouble   National 9078

Wini Brown, vocal; with unknown, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; unknown, tenor sax; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; unknown, piano; unknown, bass; possibly Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, February 21, 1949

NSC466-4If Love Is Trouble

Wini Brown - Grieving For You / My Brand Of Honey   National 9068

same session.

NYC, February 21, 1949

NSC467-3Grieving For You

Meet Milt Jackson   Savoy MG-12061   1956

Bill Massey, trumpet; Julius Watkins, French horn; Billie Mitchell, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Walter Bishop, piano; Nelson Boyd, bass; Roy Haynes as Joe Hanes, drums.

NYC, February 23, 1949

S36-110Hearing Bells
S36-111Junior
S36-112Bluesology
S36-113Bubu

Frank Morgan, alto sax; Walter Benton, tenor sax; Milt Jackson as "Bags", vibes; Gerald Wiggins, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Milt Jackson as "Bags", vocal.

Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 1954

SK4403I've Lost Your Love

Henry Coker, trombone; Frank Wess, tenor sax, flute; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Milt Jackson as "Bags", piano; Eddie Jones, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Ernie Wilkins, arranger.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 7, 1955

SKC4669-2Telefunken Blues - take #2

Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Wade Legge, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 5, 1956

69117They Can't Take That Away From Me
69119Soulful
69121Flamingo

Charlie Parker - Bird At The Roost/The Savoy Years Volume Four   Savoy ZDS 4414   1988

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart, vocal; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, February 26, 1949

Announcer
-
-
-
Deedle
Introductions By Dave Lambert & Buddy Stewart
What's This
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid With Announcer

same personnel.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, March 5, 1949

Jumpin' With Symphony Sid With Announcer
Cheryl
Announcer
Anthropology
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid With Announcer
Hurry Home
Deedle
Royal Roost Bop (All The Things You Are)
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid With Announcer

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, March 12, 1949

Announcer
Introduction By Charlie Parker
Announcer
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Charlie Parker - The 'Bird' Returns   Savoy MG 12179   1962

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart, vocal; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, February 26, 1949

Half Nelson
Scrapple From The Apple

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, March 12, 1949

Cheryl
Chasin' The Bird

Newly Discovered Sides By The Immortal Charlie Parker   Savoy SAVOY 12186   1966

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Dave Lambert, Buddy Stewart, vocal; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, February 26, 1949

Night In Tunisia

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; plus Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, March 12, 1949

On A Slow Boat To China

Charlie Parker - Bird On The Road   Jazz Showcase JS 5003

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, March 5, 1949

Anthropology

Nat King Cole-Erroll Garner - 20 Dynamic Fingers   Alto AL 709   1970s

Milt Jackson, vibes; Nat King Cole, piano, vocal; Irving Ashby, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Jack Costanzo, bongos; June Christy, vocal; Machito And His Orhestra.

Bob City, NYC, May 7, 1949

Nat Meets June

The Be Bop Boys   Savoy SJL 2225   1978

Dave Burns, Mustapha Daleel, Bill Massey, Abdul Salaam, trumpet; Charlie Johnson, Haleen Rasheed, Clarence Ross, Rip Tarrant, trombone; Jimmy Heath, Sahib Shihab, alto sax; Pritchard Cheesman, Billy Mitchell, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Gil Fuller, arranger, conductor, vocal.

NYC, June 11, 1949

D172 | D268Mean To Me
D173Blues For A Debutante
D174 | D268The Scene Changes
D175Tropicana

1950

Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro - Trumpet Giants   New Jazz NJLP 8296   1964

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Jimmy Heath, alto sax; Jimmy Oliver, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Joe Harris, drums.

NYC, September 16, 1950

108She's Gone Again
109ANice Work If You Can Get It
110AThinking Of You
111Too Much Weight

** initially scheduled on Prestige PR 16002.

1951

Dizzy Gillespie - Trane's First Ride 1951   Oberon 5100   1970s

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Billy Taylor, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, January 6, 1951

Congo Blues
Yesterdays
A Night In Tunisia

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, January 13, 1951

Good Bait

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; J.J. Johnson, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Billy Taylor, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, February 3, 1951

Birks' Works
I Can't Get Started
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; J.J. Johnson, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Carl "Kansas" Fields, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, March 17, 1951

Birks' Works (air check 2)

Dizzy Gillespie - Birks Works   Duke (It) D-1019   1970s

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Billy Taylor, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, January 6, 1951

Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (incomplete)

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, January 13, 1951

Birks' Works
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (incomplete)

Dizzy Gillespie - Trane's First Ride 1951 Vol. 2   Broadcast Tributes 0009   1970s

same session.

Birdland, NYC, January 13, 1951

Good Groove
Tin Tin Deo No. 1

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, January 20, 1951

Groovin' High
A Night In Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; J.J. Johnson, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Billy Taylor, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, February 3, 1951

Good Bait

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; J.J. Johnson, trombone; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Carl "Kansas" Fields, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal.

Birdland, NYC, March 17, 1951

Tin Tin Deo No. 3
The Champ
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ   Savoy MG 12047   1956

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; John Coltrane, alto, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vibes; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Kansas Fields, drums; The Calypso Boys, congas, maracas, claves; Freddy Strong, vocal.

Detroit, MI, March 1, 1951

4015-XTin Tin Deo
2040-XBirk's Works

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; J.J. Johnson, trombone; Budd Johnson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vibes; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, vocal.

NYC, April 16, 1951

5104/5105The Champ

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, vocal.

NYC, August 16, 1951

1500Swing Low Sweet Cadillac

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Stuff Smith, violin; Milt Jackson, piano, vocal, organ; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, vocal.

NYC, October 25, 1951

2300Caravan
2302The Bluest Blues
2303On The Sunny Side Of The Street
2304Stardust
2305Time On My Hands

** part of Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy SJL 2209 in 1976.

Dizzy Gillespie-Milt Jackson-Joe Carroll - School Days   Regent RMG-6043   1957

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; John Coltrane, alto, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vibes; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Kansas Fields, drums; The Calypso Boys, congas, maracas, claves; Freddy Strong, vocal.

Detroit, MI, March 1, 1951

4010We Love To Boogie

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; J.J. Johnson, trombone; Budd Johnson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vibes; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, vocal.

NYC, April 16, 1951

3636Lady Be Good
4000Love Me Pretty Baby

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, vocal.

NYC, August 16, 1951

1206I'm In A Mess
9010School Days
Bopsie's Blues
I Couldn't Beat The Rap

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Stuff Smith, violin; Milt Jackson, piano, vocal, organ; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, vocal.

NYC, October 25, 1951

2301Nobody Knows

** also released on Savoy MG 12204 in late 1960s.
** part of Dizzy Gillespie - Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy SJL 2209 in 1976.

Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music Volume Two   Blue Note BLP 1511   1956

Sahib Shihab, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

BN392-1Four In One
BN395-0Straight No Chaser

** also released on Blue Note BST 81511 (pseudo stereo) in 1969.
** part of The Complete Genius, Blue Note BN-LA579-H2 in 1976. and of The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk, Mosaic MR4-101 in 1983.

Dizzy Gillespie - Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions   Savoy SJL 2209   1976

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore, vocal.

NYC, August 16, 1951

Bopsie's Blues

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Stuff Smith, violin; Milt Jackson, piano, vocal, organ; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; unknown, percussion; Joe Carroll, vocal.

NYC, October 25, 1951

Caravan

** same as The Champ, Savoy MG 12047 in 1956 + Dizzy Gillespie-Milt Jackson-Joe Carroll - School Days, Regent RMG-6043 in 1957 + 3 bonus tracks.

Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke - The Quartet   Savoy MG 12046   1956

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, August 24, 1951

3000Milt Meets Sid
3001D & E
3002Yesterdays
3003Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums.

NYC, September 18, 1951

Autumn Breeze
Moving Nicely
Bluesology
Round About Midnight

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, April, 1952

HL321Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
HL322Love Me Pretty Baby
HL323Heart And Soul
HL324True Blues

** also released on Modern Jazz Quartet, Savoy MG 12046 (later) in late 1950s. and on Milt Jackson - The First Q: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy SJL 1106 in 1977.

1952

Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy At Home And Abroad   Atlantic LP 1257   1957

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Bill Graham, alto, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums; Joe Carroll, vocal #1,4.

NYC, February 29, 1952

1. 805Groovin' The Nursery Rhymes
2. 806This Is Happiness
3. 807Dizz' Tune (as Mrs. Diz)
4. 808Love Is Here To Stay

Annie Ross, Dorothy Dunn, Shelby Davis - Singin' 'N Swingin'   Regent RMG-6031   1956

Annie Ross, vocal; with Milt Jackson, vibes; Blossom Dearie, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, April 1, 1952

The Way You Look Tonight
I'm Beginning To Think You Care
Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Everytime

** also scheduled on Savoy MG-12060.
** also released on Savoy SAVOY MG-12217 in early 1970s.

Milt Jackson - All Star Bags   Blue Note BN-LA590-H2   1976

Lou Donaldson, alto sax #2,3; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

WOR Studios, NYC, April 7, 1952

1. BN425-2 tk.11What's New (alternate take)
2. BN426-0 tk.14Don't Get Around Much Anymore
3. BN426-1 tk.15Don't Get Around Much Anymore (alternate take)

Charlie Parker - Ballads And Birdland   Klacto (E) MG 101

Charlie Parker, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Birdland, NYC, November 1, 1952

How High The Moon
Embraceable You
52nd Street Theme

Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson Quintet - MJQ   Prestige PRLP 7059   1956

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, December 22, 1952

403All The Things You Are
404La Ronde
405Vendome
406Rose Of The Rio Grande

Henry Boozier, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Horace Silver, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 16, 1954

586Opus De Funk
587I've Lost Your Love
588Buhaina
589Soma

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-125 in 1984, OJCCD-125-2 in 1989.

Slim Gaillard Cavorts   Clef MGC-138   1953

Ben Webster, tenor sax; Cyril Hayes, piano; Slim Gaillard, guitar, vocal; Ray Brown, bass; Milt Jackson, drums.

NYC, December, 1952

1126-13Gomen-Nasai

Chef Slim Gaillard - Smorgasbord...Help Yourself!   Verve MGV-2013   1956

same session.

NYC, December, 1952

1127-3Potatoe Chips

1953 (age 30)

John Lewis, Kenny Clarke, Ben Webster, Milt Jackson - Rare Broadcast Performances   Ozone 22   1970s

Ben Webster, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Birdland, NYC, February 21, 1953

Confirmation
You Are Too Beautiful
Lady Be Good
The Nearness Of You
Poutin'

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, February 28, 1953

Danny Boy
Billie's Bounce
Cotton Tail

MJQ - Django   Prestige PRLP 7057   1956

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, June 25, 1953

499The Queen's Fancy
500Delaunay's Dilemma
501Autumn In New York
502But Not For Me

same personnel.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 23, 1954

673Django
674One Bass Hit
675Milano

same personnel.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 9, 1955

686La Ronde Suite: Piano / Bass / Vibraharp (as Vibes) / Drums

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-057 in 1983, OJCCD-057-2 in 1987.

Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey And Kenny Drew   Prestige PRLP 7029   1956

Sonny Rollins, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, October 7, 1953

509In A Sentimental Mood
510The Stopper
511Almost Like Being In Love
512No Moe

** also released on Sonny Rollins - Sonny & The Stars, Prestige PRLP 7269 in 1963, PRST 7269 in 1963. and on Sonny Rollins - First Recordings!, Prestige PRST 7856 in 1971. and on Original Jazz Classics OJC-011 in 1982, OJCCD-011-2 in 1988.

Hooray For Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham   Session Disc 110   1970s

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Birdland, NYC, October 31, 1953

Vendome
Lily
The Queen's Fancy
Bags' Groove
All The Things You Are
La Ronde

1954

Milt Jackson - Wizard Of The Vibes   Swing (F) LDM 30050

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Henri Renaud, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

NYC, March 7, 1954

I'll Remember April
Jerry's Old Man
Jay Jay Blues
There's No You

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vocal; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

Indiana

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Henri Renaud, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

Out Of Nowhere
If I Had You

** also released on Wizard Of The Vibes: The Many Faces Of Jazz Vol. 23, Mode (F) CMDINT 9834.

J.J. Johnson, Milt Jackson - A Date In New York Vol. 1: Jazz Legacy 30   Jazz Legacy (F) JL 80

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, piano, vocal; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

NYC, March 7, 1954

The More I See You

Milt Jackson, vibes; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

Lullaby Of The Leaves

J.J. Johnson, Al Cohn - A Date In New York Vol. 2: Jazz Legacy 46   Jazz Legacy (F) JL 96

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Henri Renaud, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Charlie Smith, drums.

NYC, March 7, 1954

If I Had You (alternate take)

Kenny Clarke   Savoy MG 12006   1955

Frank Morgan, alto sax; Walter Benton, tenor sax; Milt Jackson as "Bags", vibes; Gerald Wiggins, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 1954

SK4400Sonor
SK4401Strollin'
SK4402Blue's Mood
SK4404Skoot

Henry Coker, trombone; Frank Wess, tenor sax, flute; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Milt Jackson as "Bags", piano; Eddie Jones, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Ernie Wilkins, arranger.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 7, 1955

SKC4666Klook's Nook
SKC4667Inhibitions
SKC4668Baggin' The Blues
SKC4669Telefunken Blues

** also released on Telefunken Blues Featuring Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Frank Morgan, Walter Benton, Savoy MG 12006 (later).

Miles Davis - Bags Groove   Prestige LP 7109   1957

Miles Davis, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Thelonious Monk, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 24, 1954

676-1Bags' Groove (take 1)
676-2Bags' Groove (take 2)

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-245 in 1986, OJCCD-245-2 in 1987.
** part of Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants, Prestige PRES 16-3 in 1957.

Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants   Prestige PRLP 7150   1959

same session.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 24, 1954

677Bemsha Swing
678Swing Spring
679-1The Man I Love (take 1)
679-2The Man I Love (take 2)

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-347 in 1989, OJCCD-347-2 in 1989.
** part of Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants, Prestige PRES 16-3 in 1957.

1955

Modern Jazz Quartet - Classic Concepts   Alto AL 716   1970s

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Birdland, NYC, January 20, 1955

What's New
I'll Remember April
Django (as Old Django)

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, January 23, 1955

Concorde
Yesterdays
One Bass Hit

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, January 30, 1955

Bags' Groove

Hooray For Modern Jazz Quartet   Session Disc 111   1970s

same session.

Birdland, NYC, January 30, 1955

What's New
One Bass Hit
Django
Concorde
Milt Meets Sid

same personnel.

Birdland, NYC, February 6, 1955

D & E
Yesterdays
Bluesology

Hooray For Modern Jazz Quartet & Maynard Ferguson Sextet   Session Disc 112   1970s

same session.

Birdland, NYC, February 6, 1955

Autumn In New York
Autumn Nocturne
Milt Meets Sid
Summertime

Maynard Ferguson, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; and others.

Half Note, NYC, March, 1966

Two And Fro
Summertime

Milt Jackson   Prestige PRLP 7003   1955

Milt Jackson, vibes; Horace Silver, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 20, 1955

735I Wonder Why
736I Should Care
737My Funny Valentine
738Stonewall
739Moonray
740The Nearness Of You

** also released on The Milt Jackson Quartet Featuring Horace Silver - Soul Pioneers, Prestige PRLP 7224 in 1962. and on Original Jazz Classics OJC-001 in 1982, OJCCD-001-2 in 1987.
** part of Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson Quartet - Concorde, Prestige PRES 16-1 in 1957.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde   Prestige PRLP 7005   1955

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, July 2, 1955

760-2Ralph's New Blues
761All Of You
762I'll Remember April
763Gershwin Medley: Soon / For You, For Me, Forevermore / Love Walked In / Our Love Is Here To Stay
764Concorde
765Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-002 in 1982, OJCCD-002-2 in 1987.
** part of Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson Quartet - Concorde, Prestige PRES 16-1 in 1957.

Miles Davis And Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet   Prestige PRLP 7034   1956

Miles Davis, trumpet; Jackie McLean, alto sax #1,3; Milt Jackson, vibes; Ray Bryant, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Arthur Taylor, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 5, 1955

1. 781Dr. Jackle
2. 782Bitty Ditty
3. 783Minor March
4. 784Changes

** also released on Miles Davis - Odyssey!, Prestige PRST 7540 in 1968. and on Original Jazz Classics OJC-012 in 1982, OJCCD-012-2 in 1989.

Various Artists - Opus De Jazz For Flute, Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums   Savoy MG 12036   1956

Frank Wess, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Eddie Jones, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 28, 1955

69054Opus De Funk
69055Opus Pocus
69056You Leave Me Breathless
69057Opus And Interlude

** also released on Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Kenny Clarke, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones - Opus De Jazz, Savoy MG 12036 (later). and on Milt Jackson - Opus De Jazz, Savoy SJL 1116 in 1978.

1956

Milt Jackson - Ballads & Blues   Atlantic LP 1242   1956

Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibraharp; John Lewis, piano; Skeeter Best, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

NYC, January 17, 1956

1828Hello
1829Bright Blues
1830How High The Moon

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; John Lewis, piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; and five woodwinds, Ralph Burns, arranger.

NYC, January 21, 1956

1839So In Love
1841They Didn't Believe Me
1842Solitude

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Barney Kessel, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Lawrence Marable, drums.

NYC, February 14, 1956

2625The Song Is Ended
2626Gerry's Blues
2628These Foolish Things

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa   Atlantic LP 1231   1956

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, January 22, 1956

1843Woodyn You
1844Willow Weep For Me
1845Fontessa
1846Versailles (Porte De Versailles)
1847Angel Eyes
1848Over The Rainbow

same personnel.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 14, 1956

2630Bluesology

** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa   Atlantic SD 1231   1958+

same personnel.

NYC, January 22, 1956

1843Woodyn You (stereo take)

same personnel.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 14, 1956

2630Bluesology (stereo take)

Milt Jackson - The Jazz Skyline   Savoy MG-12070   1956

Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 23, 1956

69122Lover
69123Can't Help Lovin' That Man
69124The Lady Is A Tramp
69125Angel Face
69126Sometimes I'm Happy
69127What's New

** part of Second Nature: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy SJL 2204 in 1976.

Jackson's-ville Featuring Milt Jackson   Savoy MG-12080   1957

same session.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 23, 1956

69128Now's The Time
69129In A Sentimental Mood
69130Mood Indigo
69131Azure
69132Minor Conception
69133Soul In 3/4

** part of Second Nature: The Savoy Sessions, Savoy SJL 2204 in 1976.

The Modern Jazz Quartet   Voice Of America J 100

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, July 5, 1956

Django
How High The Moon
'Round Midnight
I'll Remember April
Versailles
Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
Ralph's New Blues
England's Carol (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)
Willow Weep For Me

The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn - Guest Artist: Jimmy Giuffre   Atlantic LP 1247   1956

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; guest artist: Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet #2,4,5.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 28, 1956

1. 2096Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
2. 2097A Fugue For Music Inn
3. 2098Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
4. 2099Serenade
5. 2100Fun
6. 2101Sun Dance
7. 2102The Man That Got Away
8. 2103A Morning In Paris
9. 2104Variation No. 1 On God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn Volume 1 - Guest Artist: Jimmy Giuffre   Atlantic SD 1247   1958+

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 28, 1956

2101Sun Dance (stereo take)

Quincy Jones - This Is How I Feel About Jazz   ABC-Paramount ABC-149   1957

Art Farmer, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Herbie Mann, flute, tenor sax; Gene Quill, alto sax; Zoot Sims, tenor sax #1; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax #2; Jack Nimitz, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Charlie Persip, drums; Father John Crawley, handclaps #2; Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor.

Beltone Studios, NYC, September 14, 1956

1. 5332Evening In Paris
2. 5333Sermonette

** also released on Impulse! GRD-115.
** part of The Dedication Series Vol. IV: The Quintessential Charts, Impulse! IA-9342/2 in 1978. and of The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions, Mosaic MD5-237 in 2007.

Lester Meets Miles, M.J.Q. & Jack Teagarden All Stars   Unique Jazz (Israeli) UJ 14   late 1970s

Miles Davis, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Kurt Edelhagen Big Band, #2.

Stadthalle, Sindelfingen, West Germany, November 12, 1956

1.How High The Moon
2.Lester Leaps In

Modern Jazz Quartet - Rare Broadcast Performances   Ozone 16   1970s

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Birdland, NYC, 1956

Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Angel Eyes
Bluesology
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Delaunay's Dilemma
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
Bags' Groove

1957

Milt Jackson - Plenty, Plenty Soul   Atlantic LP 1269   1957

Joe Newman, trumpet; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Horace Silver, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, January 5, 1957

2435Ignunt Oil
2436Blues At Twilight
2437Sermonette
2438The Spirit-Feel

Joe Newman, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Cannonball Adderley as Ronnie Peters, alto sax; Frank Foster, tenor sax; Sahib Shihab, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Horace Silver, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Quincy Jones, arranger.

NYC, January 7, 1957

2439Plenty, Plenty Soul
2440Boogity Boogity
2441Heartstrings

** also released on Atlantic SD 1269 in 1958+, SD 8811 in 1982.

Hank Mobley And His All Stars   Blue Note BLP 1544   1957

Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Horace Silver, piano; Doug Watkins, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 13, 1957

tk.2Reunion
tk.3Lower Stratosphere
tk.4Don't Walk
tk.6Ultramarine
tk.7Mobley's Musings

** also released on Blue Note BST 81544 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7243 8 37668 2 6 in 1996.
** part of The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions, Mosaic MQ10-181 in 1998, MD6-181 in 1998.

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows: Original Film Score For No Sun In Venice By John Lewis   Atlantic LP 1284   1958

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, April 4, 1957

2500Venice

same personnel.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 24, 1957

2715The Golden Striker
2716Cortege
2717One Never Knows
2718Three Windows
2719The Rose Truc

** also released on Atlantic SD 1284 in 1958+.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet   Atlantic LP 1265   1957

same personnel.

NYC, April 5, 1957

2501Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
2502La Ronde: Drums
2503A Night In Tunisia
2504Yesterdays
2505Bags' Groove
2506Baden-Baden
2507Ballad Medley: They Say It's Wonderful / How Deep Is The Ocean / (I Don't Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance With You / My Old Flame / Body And Soul

** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song   Atlantic LP 2-601   1957

Milt Jackson, vibes; Stan Free, piano, arranger; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; Chris Connor, vocal.

NYC, May 1, 1957

2516How Long Has This Been Going On
2517I Can't Be Bothered Now
2518Love Walked In
2519Somebody Loves Me
2520Embraceable You

Milt Jackson With Frank Wess & Bobby Jaspar - Bags & Flutes   Atlantic LP 1294   1959

Bobby Jaspar, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Art Taylor, drums.

NYC, May 21, 1957

2550Bags' New Groove
2551Connie's Blues

Frank Wess, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Art Taylor, drums.

NYC, June 10, 1957

2582Midget Rod
2583I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
2584Sweet And Lovely

same personnel.

NYC, June 17, 1957

2603Sandy
2604Ghana

** also released on Atlantic SD 1294 in 1959.

The Modern Jazz Quartet & Guests - Third Stream Music   Atlantic LP 1345   1960

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; and Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet; Jim Hall, guitar; Ralph Pena, bass.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 24, 1957

2713Medley: Da Capo
-Medley: Fine

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano, conductor; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; with Alan Martin, Gerald Tarack, violin; Carl Eberl, viola; Joseph Tekula, cello; Gunther Schuller, conductor.

NYC, September 23, 1959

3781Sketch
3782Conversation

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; with Paul Ingraham, French horn; Bob Di Domenica, flute; Manny Ziegler, bassoon; Bill McColl, clarinet; Joseph Tekula, cello; Betty Glamann, harp; Gunther Schuller, arranger, conductor.

Capitol Studios, NYC, January 15, 1960

4053Exposure

** also released on Atlantic SD 1345 in 1960.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

Milt Jackson & Ray Charles - Soul Brothers   Atlantic LP 1279   1957

Ray Charles, alto sax, piano; Billy Mitchell, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano, guitar; Skeeter Best, guitar #1,2,4,5; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, September 12, 1957

1. 2726How Long, How Long Blues
2. 2727Cosmic Ray
3. 2732'Deed I Do
4. 2733Blue Funk
5. 2734Soul Brothers
6. 2735Bags Guitar Blues

** also released on Atlantic SD 1279 in 1958+.

Ray Charles, Milt Jackson - Soul Meeting   Atlantic LP 1360   1961

Ray Charles, alto sax, piano; Billy Mitchell, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, September 12, 1957

2730Bags Of Blues

Ray Charles, alto sax, piano, electric piano; Milt Jackson, vibes, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Art Taylor, drums.

NYC, April 10, 1958

3042Soul Meeting
3043Hallelujah I Love Him So
3044Blue Genius
3045X-Ray Blues
3046Love On My Mind

** also released on Atlantic SD 1360 in 1961.

The Modern Jazz Quartet And The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Opera House   Verve MGV-8269   1958

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Opera House, Chicago, IL, October 19, 1957

D & E Blues
Now's The Time
'Round Midnight

** also scheduled on Verve MGVS-6069.
** also released on Verve V-8482 in 1962.

Various Artists - The Historic Donaueschingen Jazz Conzert 1957   MPS (G) 0068.161

same personnel.

Donaueschingen, West Germany, October 27, 1957

Three Windows
The Golden Striker
Cortege
J.B. Blues

** also released on Pausa PR 7081.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Live At Donauschingen 1957 And Sanremo 1958   Ingo (It) Ingo-Twelve   1970s

same session.

Donaueschingen, West Germany, October 27, 1957

The Rose Truc

same personnel.

San Remo, Italy, January 19, 1958

I'll Remember April
A Night In Tunisia
Django

1958

Modern Jazz Quartet And Chico Hamilton - Sessions, Live   Calliope CAL 3027   1976

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Bobby Troup, host.

KABC-TV, Stars Of Jazz #101. 1958-#23, June 9, 1958

The Golden Striker

same session.

Midsommer

The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn Volume 2 - Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins   Atlantic LP 1299   1958

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 3, 1958

3143Yardbird Suite
3145Festival Sketch
3146Midsommer
3147Medley: Stardust / I Can't Get Started / Lover Man

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; guest artist: Sonny Rollins, tenor sax.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 31, 1958

3937Bags' Groove
3938Night In Tunisia

** also released on Atlantic SD 1299 in 1958.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

Milt Jackson, Coleman Hawkins - Bean Bags   Atlantic LP 1316   1960

Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Eddie Jones, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, September 12, 1958

3135Close Your Eyes
3136Stuffy
3137Sandra's Blues
3138Indian Blues
3141Don't Take Your Love From Me
3142Get Happy

** also released on Atlantic SD 1316 in 1960.

Cannonball Adderley With Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better   Riverside RLP 12-286   1959

Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Wynton Kelly, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, October 28, 1958

Blues Oriental
Things Are Getting Better
Serves Me Right (take 5)
Groovin' High
The Sidewalks Of New York (take 5)
Sounds For Sid
Just One Of Those Things

** also released on Riverside RLP 1128 in 1959; Original Jazz Classics OJC-032 in 1982, OJCCD-032-2 in 1988, OJC-34602-02 in 2013.
** part of Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball And Eight Giants, Milestone MSP-47001 in 1973.

Cannonball Adderley With Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-032-2   1988

same session.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, October 28, 1958

Serves Me Right (take 4)
The Sidewalks Of New York (take 4)

** originally released on Riverside RLP 12-286 in 1959 + 2 bonus tracks.

Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball And Eight Giants   Milestone MSP-47001   1973

same session.

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, October 28, 1958

A Few Words

** same as Cannonball Adderley With Milt Jackson - Things Are Getting Better, Riverside RLP 12-286 in 1959 + 8 bonus tracks.

Milt Jackson - Bags' Opus   United Artists UAL 4022   1959

Art Farmer, trumpet; Benny Golson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, December 28 and 29, 1958

Ill Wind
Blues For Diahann
Afternoon In Paris
I Remember Clifford
Thinking Of You
Whisper Not

** also released on United Artists UAS 5022 in 1959; Blue Note CDP 7 84458 2 in 1991.

Modern Jazz Quartet - I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 5   Curcio (It) GJ-5   1980

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Jazz Group De Paris.

Paris, France, 1958

Animal Dance
Django
Milano
Bluesology
Bags' Groove
Sketch 3
Ambiquite
Odd's Against Tomorrow

** also released on Europa Jazz, Europa Jazz (It) EJ-1005 in 1981.

1959

John Coltrane - The Coltrane Legacy   Atlantic SD 1553   1970

John Coltrane, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Atlantic Studios, NYC, January 15, 1959

3300Stairway To The Stars
3306Blues Legacy
3307Centerpiece

** part of The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 71984 in 1995.

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane   Atlantic LP 1368   1961

same session.

Atlantic Studios, NYC, January 15, 1959

3301The Late Late Blues
3302Bags & Trane
3303Three Little Words
3304The Night We Called It A Day
3305Dizzy's Fingers (as Be-Bop)

** also released on Atlantic SD 1368 in 1961.
** part of John Coltrane - The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, Rhino R2 71984 in 1995.

The Ballad Artistry Of Milt Jackson   Atlantic LP 1342   1960

Don Hammond, alto flute; Julius Held, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Leonard Posner, Sol Shapiro, violin; Harold Coletta, David Mankovitz, viola; George Ricci, cello; Milt Jackson, vibes; Jimmy Jones, piano, arranger; Chuck Wayne, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor.

NYC, May 1, 1959

3458Deep In A Dream
3459Nuages
3460Tomorrow
3461The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

Romeo Penque, reeds; Paul Gershman, Julius Held, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Sol Shapiro, violin; Al Brown, David Mankovitz, viola; Maurice Brown, George Ricci, cello; Gloria Agostini, harp; Milt Jackson, vibes; Jimmy Jones, piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor.

NYC, September 9, 1959

3767Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3768I'm A Fool To Want You
3769Tenderly

Don Hammond, alto flute; Max Cahn, Alexander Cores, Paul Gershman, Julius Held, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, George Ockner, Leonard Posner, violin; Al Brown, Harold Coletta, Burt Fisch, David Mankovitz, viola; Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro, cello; Gloria Agostini, harp; Milt Jackson, vibes; Jimmy Jones, piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Bill Crow, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor.

NYC, September 10, 1959

3770Alone Together
3771The Cylinder
3772Makin' Whoopee

** also released on Atlantic SD 1342 in 1960.

John Lewis - Odds Against Tomorrow (Original Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)   United Artists UAL 4061   1959

Melvyn Broiles, Bernie Glow, John Ware, Joe Wilder, trumpet; John Clark, Tom McIntosh, trombone; Ray Alonge, Paul Ingraham, Al Richman, Gunther Schuller, French horn; Harvey Phillips, tuba; Robert DiDomenica, flute; Harvey Shapiro, Joseph Tekula, cello; Ruth Berman, harp; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bill Evans, piano; Jim Hall, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Richard Horowitz, tympani; Walter Rosenberger, percussion; John Lewis, composer.

NYC, July 16, 17 and 20, 1959

Prelude To Odds Against Tomorrow
A Cold Wind Is Blowing
Five Figure People Crossing Paths
How To Frame Pigeons
Morning Trip To Melton
Looking At The Caper
Johnny Ingram's Possessions
The Carousel Incident
Skating In Central Park
No Happiness For Slater
Main Theme: Odds Against Tomorrow
Games
Social Call
The Impractical Man
Advance On Melton
Waiting Around The River
Distractions
The Caper Failure
Postlude

** also released on United Artists UAS 5061 in 1959.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid   Atlantic LP 1325   1960

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 22, 1959

3730Django (mono take)

same personnel.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 25, 1959

3731Romaine

same personnel.

Capitol Studios, NYC, December 21, 1959

3978It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3979Pyramid

same personnel.

Capitol Studios, NYC, January 15, 1960

4054Vendome
4055How High The Moon

** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid   Atlantic SD 1325   1960

same personnel.

Music Inn, Lenox, MA, August 22, 1959

3730Django

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Music From Odds Against Tomorrow   United Artists UAL 4063   1959

same personnel.

Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, October 9 and 10, 1959

A Social Call
Skating In Central Park
Cue #9
No Happiness For Slater
A Cold Wind Is Blowing
Odds Against Tomorrow

** also released on United Artists UAS 5063 in 1959. and on Patterns, United Artists UAL 4072 in 1960, UAS 5072 in 1960.

1960

Milt Jackson - Vibrations   Atlantic LP 1417   1964

Henry Boozier, trumpet; Tom McIntosh, trombone; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Tate Houston, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Alvin Jackson, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, February 23, 1960

4262Blue Jubilee
4263Mallets Towards None

Henry Boozier, trumpet #1-3; Tom McIntosh, trombone #1-3; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Tate Houston, baritone sax #1-3; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Alvin Jackson, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, February 24, 1960

1. 4265Algo Bueno (aka Woody'n You)
2. 4267Darben The Redd Foxx
3. 4268Sweet Georgia Brown
4. 4269Let Me Hear The Blues

Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; George Duvivier, bass; Connie Kay, drums; 5 vocals.

NYC, March 14, 1961

5408Vibrations
5410Melancholy Blues

** also released on Atlantic SD 1417 in 1964.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert Volume One   Atlantic LP 1385   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

live in Stockholm, Sweden, April 11, 1960

4788I Remember Clifford
4789Festival Sketch

same personnel.

live in Goteborg, Sweden, 1st concert, April 12, 1960

4816Django
4817Bluesology
4818I Should Care
4819La Ronde
4824Odds Against Tomorrow

same personnel.

live in Stockholm, Sweden, April 13, 1960

4808Vendome

** also released on Atlantic SD 1385 in 1962.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - European Concert Volume Two   Atlantic LP 1386   1962

same personnel.

live in Stockholm, Sweden, April 11, 1960

4793The Cylinder
4794Pyramid
4798Bags' Groove
4800I'll Remember April

same personnel.

live in Goteborg, Sweden, 1st concert, April 12, 1960

4828Skating In Central Park

same personnel.

live in Stockholm, Sweden, April 13, 1960

4812It Don't Mean A Thing
4815'Round Midnight

** also released on Atlantic SD 1386 in 1962.

The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra   Atlantic LP 1359   1961

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; unidentified large symphony orchestra, Werner Heider, Gunther Schuller, conductor.

Stuttgart, West Germany, June 3, 1960

4619England's Carol (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)
4620Divertimento

same personnel.

Stuttgart, West Germany, June 4, 1960

4621Around The Blues
4622Concertino For Jazz Quartet And Orchestra: First Movement
4623Concertino For Jazz Quartet And Orchestra: Third Movement
4624Concertino For Jazz Quartet And Orchestra: Second Movement - Passacaglia

** also released on Atlantic SD 1359 in 1961.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - England's Carol Parts 1 & 2   Atlantic 45-2085

same personnel.

Stuttgart, West Germany, June 3, 1960

5165England's Carol Part 1
5166England's Carol Part 2

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Comedy   Atlantic LP 1390   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Diahann Carroll, vocal.

NYC, October 20, 1960

5117La Cantatrice (mono take)

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, January 22, 1962

5900Spanish Steps
5901Columbine
5902Pulcinella

same personnel.

NYC, January 23, 1962

5903Pierrot
5904Harlequin (mono take)

same personnel.

NYC, January 24, 1962

5908Piazza Navona

** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Comedy   Atlantic SD 1390   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Diahann Carroll, vocal.

NYC, October 20, 1960

5117La Cantatrice

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, January 23, 1962

5904Harlequin

1961

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson - Very Tall   Verve V/V6-8429   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums.

NYC, September 15, 1961

61VK344On Green Dolphin Street
61VK345Reunion Blues

same personnel.

NYC, September 18, 1961

61VK347Heartstrings
61VK348The Work Song
61VK349John Brown's Body
61VK350A Wonderful Guy

Milt Jackson Quartet - Statements   Impulse! A-14   1962

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Hank Jones, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 14, 1961

10656A Thrill From The Blues
10657A Beautiful Romance
10658Statement

same personnel.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 15, 1961

10659Theme: The Bad And The Beautiful
10660Put Off
10661Slowly
10662Sonnymoon For Two
10663Paris Blues

** also released on Impulse! AS-14 in 1962. and on Statements, Impulse! GRD-130 in 1993.

Milt Jackson And Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes!   Riverside RLP 407   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; Wynton Kelly, piano; Wes Montgomery, guitar; Sam Jones, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 18 and 19, 1961

"S.K.J."
Stablemates (take 4)
Stairway To The Stars (take 3)
Blue Roz
Sam Sack
Jingles (take 9)
Delilah (take 4)

** also released on Riverside RLP 9407 in 1962; Original Jazz Classics OJC-234 in 1986, OJCCD-234-2 in 1987; Riverside RCD-30502 in 2008.
** part of Wes Montgomery, Milt Jackson, George Shearing - Wes And Friends, Milestone M-47013 in 1973.

Milt Jackson And Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes!   Riverside RCD-30502   2008

same session.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 18 and 19, 1961

Stablemates (take 2)

** originally released on Riverside RLP 407 in 1962 + 4 bonus tracks.

The Alternative Wes Montgomery   Milestone M-47065   1982

same session.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 18 and 19, 1961

Stairway To The Stars (take 2)
Jingles (take 8)

** also released on Milestone MCD-47065-2 in 1989.

Wes Montgomery, Milt Jackson, George Shearing - Wes And Friends   Milestone M-47013   1973

same session.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 18 and 19, 1961

Delilah (take 3)
Blue Roz (take 3)

** same as Milt Jackson And Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes!, Riverside RLP 407 in 1962 + George Shearing And The Montgomery Brothers, Jazzland JLP 55 in 1962 + 2 bonus tracks.

1962

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman   Atlantic LP 1381   1962

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, January 24, 1962

5909Trieste

same personnel.

NYC, January 25, 1962

5910Lonely Woman

same personnel.

NYC, January 29, 1962

5921New York 19
5922Animal Dance

same personnel.

NYC, February 2, 1962

5939Lamb, Leopard
5940Fugato
5941Why Are You Blue
5942Belkis

** also released on Atlantic SD 1381 in 1962.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

Milt Jackson Orchestra - Big Bags   Riverside RLP 429   1962

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; with Nat Adderley, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston, trombone; George Dorsey, Jerome Richardson, alto sax; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; James Moody, tenor sax, flute; Arthur Clarke, baritone sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; Ernie Wilkins, arranger, conductor.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 19, 20, and July 5, 1962

Old Devil Moon
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Later Than You Think

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; with Dave Burns, Doc Severinsen as Doc Severenson, Clark Terry, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, trombone; Willie Ruff, French horn; George Dorsey, James Moody, alto sax, flute; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute; Tate Houston, baritone sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Tadd Dameron, arranger, conductor.

'Round Midnight (take 2)
The Dream Is You
If You Could See Me Now

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; with Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Melba Liston, Tom McIntosh, trombone; Willie Ruff, French horn; James Moody, Earl Warren, alto sax, flute; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute; Tate Houston, baritone sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Tadd Dameron, arranger, conductor #1,4; Ernie Wilkins, arranger, conductor #2,3.

1.Echoes
2.Star Eyes (take 5)
3.Namesake
4.If I Should Lose You

** also released on Riverside RLP 9429 in 1962; Original Jazz Classics OJC-366 in 1989, OJCCD-366-2 in 1989.
** part of Big Band Bags, Milestone MSP-47006 in 1973.

Milt Jackson Orchestra - Big Bags   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-366-2   1989

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; with Dave Burns, Doc Severinsen as Doc Severenson, Clark Terry, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, trombone; Willie Ruff, French horn; George Dorsey, James Moody, alto sax, flute; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute; Tate Houston, baritone sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Tadd Dameron, arranger, conductor.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 19, 20, and July 5, 1962

'Round Midnight (take 1)

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; with Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Melba Liston, Tom McIntosh, trombone; Willie Ruff, French horn; James Moody, Earl Warren, alto sax, flute; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Jerome Richardson, tenor sax, flute; Tate Houston, baritone sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Ernie Wilkins, arranger, conductor.

Star Eyes (take 4)

** originally released on Riverside RLP 429 in 1962 + 2 bonus tracks.

Milt Jackson Sextet - Invitation   Riverside RM 446   1963

Kenny Dorham, trumpet #1-5,7,8; Virgil Jones, trumpet #2,5; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax #1,3,4,6-8; Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, August 30, October 31, and November 7, 1962

1.Invitation
2.Too Close For Comfort
3.Ruby My Dear (take 6)
4.The Sealer
5.Poom-a-Loom
6.Stella By Starlight
7.Ruby
8.None Shall Wander (take 8)

** also released on Riverside RS 9446 in 1963; Original Jazz Classics OJC-260 in 1986, OJCCD-260-2 in 1988.

Milt Jackson Sextet - Invitation   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-260-2   1988

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, August 30, October 31, and November 7, 1962

Ruby My Dear (take 5)
None Shall Wander (take 6)

** originally released on Riverside RM 446 in 1963 + 2 bonus tracks.

1963 (age 40)

Milt Jackson And Big Brass - For Someone I Love   Riverside RM 478   1966

Milt Jackson, vibraharp; Dave Burns, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Bill Berry, Elmon Wright, trumpet #1-3,7,8; Thad Jones, trumpet #4-6,9; Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, trombone; Tom McIntosh, trombone #1-3,7,8; John Rains, trombone #4-6,9; Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins, French horn; Paul Ingraham, Willie Ruff, French horn #1-3,7,8; Robert Northern, French horn #4-6,9; Major Holley, tuba; Jimmy Jones, piano #1-3,7,8; Hank Jones, piano #4-6,9; Richard Davis, bass; Connie Kay, drums #1-3,7,8; Charlie Persip, drums #4-6,9; Melba Liston, arranger, conductor.

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, March 18, and August 5, 1963

1.Days Of Wine And Roses
2.For Someone I Love
3.(What's The Story) Morning Glory
4.Save Your Love For Me
5.Extraordinary Blues
6.Flamingo
7.Chelsea Bridge
8.Just Waiting
9.Bossa Bags

** also released on Riverside RS 9478 in 1966; Original Jazz Classics OJC-404 in 1989, OJCCD-404-2 in 1989. and on Bags & Brass, Riverside R-3021 in 1968, RS-3021 in 1968.
** part of Big Band Bags, Milestone MSP-47006 in 1973.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff   Atlantic LP 1414   1964

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, May 16, 1963

7003Bachianas Brasileiras
7004Mean To Me
7005Natural Affection
7006Donnie's Theme
7469Carnival

same personnel.

NYC, May 17, 1963

7022The Sheriff

same personnel.

NYC, December 20, 1963

7493In A Crowd

** also released on Atlantic SD 1414 in 1964.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Quartetto Di Milano, The Hungarian Gypsy Quartet - A Quartet Is A Quartet Is A Quartet   Atlantic LP 1420   1964

same personnel.

NYC, May 17, 1963

7019Concorde
7021Winter Tale
7023Reunion Blues
7024Yesterdays

** also released on Atlantic SD 1420 in 1964.

Milt Jackson Quintet 'Live' At The Village Gate   Riverside RM 495   1967

Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Al Heath, drums.

Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, December, 1963

Bags Of Blue
Little Girl Blue
Gemini
Gerri's Blues
Time After Time
Ignunt Oil

** also released on Riverside RS 9495 in 1967; Original Jazz Classics OJC-309 in 1987, OJCCD-309-2 in 1987.

Milt Jackson Quintet 'Live' At The Village Gate   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-309-2   1987

same session.

Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, December, 1963

Willow Weep For Me
All Members

** originally released on Riverside RM 495 in 1967 + 2 bonus tracks.

1964

Ray Brown/Milt Jackson - Much In Common   Verve V/V6-8580   1964

Milt Jackson, vibes; Wild Bill Davis, organ; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums; Marion Williams, vocal.

A&R Studios, NYC, January 13, 1964

64VK207Give Me That Old Time Religion
64VK208Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
64VK209Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
64VK210When The Saints Go Marching In
64VK211I've Got To Live The Life I Sing About

Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums.

A&R Studios, NYC, January 14, 1964

64VK212Much In Common
64VK213What Kind Of Fool Am I
64VK214Gravy Blues
64VK215Nancy
64VK216Just For A Thrill

The Modern Jazz Quartet With Laurindo Almeida - Collaboration   Atlantic LP 1429   1964

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; with Laurindo Almeida, guitar.

RCA Webster Hall, NYC, July 21, 1964

8026Concierto De Aranjuez
8027One Note Samba
8028Fugue In A Minor (J.S. Bach)
8029Trieste
8030Valeria
8031Silver
8032Foi A Saudade

** also released on Atlantic SD 1429 in 1964.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet, Laurindo Almeida - One Note Samba Parts 1 & 2   Atlantic 45-5043

same session.

RCA Webster Hall, NYC, July 21, 1964

8521One Note Samba Part 1
8522One Note Samba Part 2

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess   Atlantic LP 1440   1965

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, July 23 and 24, 1964

8033I Loves You, Porgy
8034My Man's Gone Now
8035There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
8040Summertime

same personnel.

Webster Hall, NYC, April 26, 1965

8837Bess, You Is My Woman Now
8838It Ain't Necessarily So
8839Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess

** also released on Atlantic SD 1440 in 1965.
** part of The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings Of The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64, Mosaic MD7-249 in 2011.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - I Loves You, Porgy / Summertime   Atlantic 45-5054

same personnel.

NYC, July 23 and 24, 1964

9261Summertime (edited version)

Milt Jackson - Jazz 'N' Samba   Impulse! A-70   1964

Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 6, 1964

90148Blues For Juanita
90149Big George
90150I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
90151Gingerbread Boy

Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith, guitar; Richard Davis, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Lillian Clark, vocal #1,2; Joe E. Ross, vocal #3.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 7, 1964

1. 90153Jazz 'N' Samba
2. 90154Kiss And Run
3. 90155The Oo-Oo Bossa Noova
4. 90156Jazz Bossa Nova
5. 90157I Love You

** also released on Impulse! AS-70 in 1964.

Various Artists - I/We Had A Ball   Limelight LM-82002   1965

Jimmy Heath, flute, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, December 9, 1964

34143The Other Half Of Me

Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, J.J. Johnson, Melba Liston, Kai Winding, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, alto sax; Roland Kirk, Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; James Moody, tenor, alto sax, flute; Benny Golson, tenor sax, arranger #2,3; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bobby Scott, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Quincy Jones, conductor; Billy Byers, arranger #1.

NYC, December 20, 1964

1. 34247I Had A Ball
2. 34248Almost
3. 34249Addie's At It Again

** also released on Limelight LS-86002 in 1965.

Milt Jackson - In A New Setting   Limelight LM-82006   1965

Jimmy Heath, flute, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, December 9, 1964

34144Project "S"

same personnel.

NYC, December 14, 1964

34214Clay's Blues
34215Lazy Melody
34216That's In

Jimmy Heath, flute, tenor sax #2-6; Milt Jackson, vibes; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, December 28, 1964

1. 34752I'm Gonna Laugh You
2. 34753Ineffable
3. 34754No Moon At All
4. 34755Sonny's Blues
5. 34775Slow Death
6. 34776Spanish Fly
7. 34777Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

** also released on Limelight LS-86006 in 1965, (J) PHCE-6015 in 2000.

Milt Jackson - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Project "S"   Limelight L-3057   1964

Jimmy Heath, flute, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, December 9, 1964

35134Project "S" (45 rpm edit)

1965

Ray Brown/Milt Jackson   Verve V/V6-8615   1965

Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tom McIntosh, Tony Studd, trombone; Ray Alonge, French horn; Bob Ashton, Danny Bank, Jimmy Heath, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, reeds; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Oliver Nelson, arranger.

NYC, January 4, 1965

65VK200Lazy Theme
65VK201Lined With A Groove
65VK202In A Crowd
65VK203Now Hear Me Moaning

Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Tom McIntosh, Tony Studd, trombone; Ray Alonge, French horn; Bob Ashton, Danny Bank, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, reeds; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Grady Tate, drums; Oliver Nelson, arranger #3; Jimmy Heath, arranger, reeds #1,2,4, reeds #3.

NYC, January 5, 1965

1. 65VK204Just Can't Fool Myself
2. 65VK205For Someone In Love
3. 65VK206Dew And Mud
4. 65VK207Monterey Mist

The Modern Jazz Quartet And The All-Star Jazz Band - Jazz Dialogue   Atlantic LP 1449   1966

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; and Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Tony Studd, Kai Winding, trombone; Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods, alto sax; Richie Kamuca, Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Wally Kane, baritone sax; Howard Collins, guitar.

NYC, May 27, 1965

8988Intima
8989The Golden Striker
8990Ralph's New Blues

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; and Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Tony Studd, Kai Winding, trombone; Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods, alto sax; Richie Kamuca, Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Wally Kane, baritone sax; Howard Collins, guitar; Jimmy Lewis, Fender bass #1.

NYC, June 25, 1965

1. 9062Home
2. 9063Django
3. 9064One Never Knows
4. 9065Animal Dance

** also released on Atlantic SD 1449 in 1966.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Intima / no info   Atlantic 45-5068

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; and Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, Tony Studd, Kai Winding, trombone; Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods, alto sax; Richie Kamuca, Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Wally Kane, baritone sax; Howard Collins, guitar.

NYC, May 27, 1965

10149Intima (edited version)

Milt Jackson - At The Museum Of Modern Art   Limelight LM-82024   1965

James Moody, flute, vocal; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Otis "Candy" Finch, drums.

The Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, August 12, 1965

36799The Quota
36800Novama
36801Enigma
36802Turquoise
36803Chyrise
36804Montelei
36805Simplicity And Beauty
36806Flying Saucer
36807Name Sake

** also released on Limelight LS-86024 in 1965.

Milt Jackson - Turquoise / Name Sake   Limelight L-3069   1965

same session.

The Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, August 12, 1965

37120Turquoise (45 rpm edit)
37121Name Sake (45 rpm edit)

Various Artists - Jazzovy Festival Praha 1965   Supraphon (Czech) DV 10196   1965

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 13-16, 1965

Cerny Orfeus (Orfeo Negro)

Sonny Rollins Quintet In Europe   Unique Jazz (Israeli) UJ 29   late 1970s

Sonny Rollins, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Kenny Drew, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

broadcast, Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin, West Germany, October 30, 1965

Oleo
Sonny's Blues

1966

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concert In Japan Vol. 1   Atlantic (J) P-4517A   1975

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, March 14, 1966

Really True Blues
The Cylinder
Midsommer
Summertime
Animal Dance
For Someone I Love
The Golden Striker
There's Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

** part of Concert In Japan '66, Atlantic (J) P-5536/7A in 1976, (J) P-4559/60A in 1979.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concert In Japan '66   Atlantic (J) P-5536/7A   1976

same session.

Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, March 14, 1966

Monterey Mist
It Ain't Necessarily So

same session.

My Man's Gone Now
Django

** same as Concert In Japan Vol. 1, Atlantic (J) P-4517A in 1975 + Concert In Japan Vol. 2, (J) P-4518A in 1975 + 4 bonus tracks.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Concert In Japan Vol. 2   Atlantic (J) P-4518A   1975

same session.

Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, March 14, 1966

Ralph's New Blues
Winter Tale
I Love You Porgy
Pyramid
Home
Blues Milanese
Bags Groove

** part of Concert In Japan '66, Atlantic (J) P-5536/7A in 1976, (J) P-4559/60A in 1979.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues At Carnegie Hall   Atlantic LP 1468   1966

same personnel.

Carnegie Hall, NYC, April 27, 1966

10193Pyramid
10194The Cylinder
10195Really True Blues
10196Ralph's New Blues
10197Monterey Mist
10198Blues Milanese
10199Bag's Groove
10203Home

** also released on Atlantic SD 1468 in 1966.

The Swingle Singers With Modern Jazz Quartet   Philips (US) PHM-200-225

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; Jeanette Baucomont, Jean Cussac, Claude Germain, Jose Germain, Alice Herald, Christiane Legrand, Claudine Meunier, Ward Swingle, vocal.

Paris, France, September, 1966

2-39616Little David's Fugue
2-39617L'aria De La Suite En Re (Air For G String)
2-39618Vendome
2-39619Ricercare A Six
2-39620Dido's Lament
2-39621Alexander's Fugue
2-39622Three Windows

** also released on Philips (US) PHS-600-225.

Milt Jackson - Born Free   Limelight LM-82045   1967

Jimmy Owens, trumpet #1-5,9,10; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax #1-5,9,10; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Walter Booker, bass; Mickey Baker or Otis "Candy" Finch, drums.

NYC, December 15, 1966

1. 39209A Time And A Place
2. 39210We Dwell In Our Heart
3. 39211Bring It Home
4. 39212Whalepool
5. 39213One Step Down
6. 39215So What
7. 39216Born Free
8. 39217Tears Of Joy
9. 39219Some Kinda Waltz
10. 39220The Shadow Of Your Smile

** also released on Limelight LS-86045 in 1967.

1967

MJQ - Live At The Lighthouse   Atlantic LP 1486   1967

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, March 16 and 17, 1967

11944The Shadow Of Your Smile
11945Novamo
11949For Someone In Love
11959What's New
11960Intima
11962Baseball
11963The Spiritual

** also released on Atlantic SD 1486 in 1967.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Under The Jasmin Tree   Apple STAO 3353

same personnel.

NYC, December 12, 1967

The Blue Necklace
Three Little Feelings 1-3
Exposure
The Jasmin Tree

1968

Milt Jackson And The Hip String Quartet   Verve V6-8761   1968

Hubert Laws, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Mickey Roker, drums; and Sanford Allen, violin; Alfred Brown, viola; Ronald Lipscomb, Kermit Moore, cello; Tom McIntosh, arranger, conductor.

A&R Studios, NYC, May 9, 1968

105066New Rhumba

Hubert Laws, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Grady Tate, drums; and Sanford Allen, violin; Alfred Brown, viola; Ronald Lipscomb, Kermit Moore, cello; Tom McIntosh, arranger, conductor.

A&R Studios, NYC, June 3, 1968

105172A Walkin' Thing
105173Bags And Strings

James Moody, flute; James Moody, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Mickey Roker, drums; and Sanford Allen, violin; Alfred Brown, viola; Sidney Edwards, Ronald Lipscomb, cello; Tom McIntosh, arranger, conductor.

A&R Studios, NYC, June 17, 1968

105278A Little Too Much
105279The Morning After
105280In Walked Bud
105281You Got To Pay When The Deal Goes Down
105282For All We Know

** also released on Verve (J) POCJ-2645 in 1998.

1969

Milt Jackson Quintet Featuring Ray Brown - Just The Way It Had To Be   Impulse! AS-9230   1973

Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Dick Berk, drums.

Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA, 2nd set, August 1, 1969

91072Listen, Hear
91073The Very Thought Of You

same personnel.

Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA, 3rd set, August 1, 1969

91082If I Were A Bell
91083Who Can I Turn To
91085SKJ

same personnel.

Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA, August 2, 1969

Bags' Groove

Milt Jackson Quintet Featuring Ray Brown - That's The Way It Is   Impulse! AS-9189   1970

same personnel.

Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA, 2nd set, August 1, 1969

91074Frankie And Johnny
91075That's The Way It Is

same personnel.

Shelly's Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, CA, 3rd set, August 1, 1969

91079Here's That Rainy Day
91080Blues In The Bassment
91086Wheelin' And Dealin'
91088Tenderly

Milt Jackson With The Ray Brown Big Band - Memphis Jackson   Impulse! AS-9193   1970

Milt Jackson, vibes; Ray Brown, conductor, bass; Bud Brisbois, Ollie Mitchell, trumpet; Harry Edison, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Kenny Shroyer, bass trombone; Jim Horn, alto sax, flute; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; John Lowe, baritone sax; Mike Melvoin, electric piano; Fred Robinson, guitar; Wilton Felder, Fender bass; Carl (Cubby) O'Brien, drums.

Annex Studios, Los Angeles, CA, October 9, 1969

91121Picking Up The Vibrations
91122A Sound For Sore Ears
91123Braddock Breakdown

Milt Jackson, vibes; Ray Brown, conductor, bass; John Audino, Buddy Childers, trumpet; Harry Edison, trumpet, flugelhorn; Randy Aldcroft, trombone; John T. Johnson, tuba; Ernie Watts, alto sax; Harold Land, tenor sax; Jim Horn, baritone sax; Mike Melvoin, piano, electric piano; Fred Robinson, guitar; Wilton Felder, Fender bass; Earl Palmer, drums.

91124Oh Happy Day
91125One Mint Julep (One Way)
91126One Mint Julep (The Other Way)
91127Uh-Huh

Milt Jackson, vibes; Ray Brown, conductor, bass; Al Aarons, trumpet; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Joe Sample, electric piano; Howard Roberts, Fred Robinson, guitar; Wilton Felder, Fender bass; Paul Humphries, drums; Victor Feldman, percussion.

Annex Studios, Los Angeles, CA, October 10, 1969

91128Queen Mother Stomp
91129Enchanted Lady
91130Memphis Junction

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Space   Apple STAO 3360

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, 1969

Visitor From Venus
Visitor From Mars
Here's That Rainy Day
Dilemma
Adajio From Concierto De Aranjuez

1970

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari   A&M SP-3030   1970

Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Gene Young, trumpet, flugelhorn; Wayne Andre, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Tony Studd, trombone; Hubert Laws, flute; Jerome Richardson, soprano sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Danny Bank, bass, baritone sax; Seymour Barab, Kermit Moore, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman, cello; Milt Jackson, vibes; Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Bobby Scott, keyboards; Eric Gale, guitar; Toots Thielemans, guitar, whistle; Ray Brown, bass; Ron Carter, Richard Davis, bass #2; Major Holley, bass, voice; Grady Tate, drums; Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith, percussion; Don Elliott, percussion #1,3,4, bass marimba #2; Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Barbara Massey, Valerie Simpson, Maretha Stewart, vocal; Quincy Jones, arranger, conductor.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 25, 26, and May 12, 1970

1.Bridge Over Troubled Water
2.Gula Matari
3.Walkin'
4.Hummin'

** also released on A&M SP-9-3030 in 1983.

1971

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Plastic Dreams   Atlantic SD 1589   1971

Joe Newman, Snooky Young, trumpet #1,2,7; Garnett Brown, trombone #1,2,7; Jim Buffington, French horn #1,2,7; Don Butterfield, tuba #1,2,7; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, May 24, 1971

1. 22196Variations On A Christmas Theme
2. 22197Piazza Navona
3. 22200Dancing
4. 22201Plastic Dreams
5. 22202Walkin' Stomp
6. 22203England's Carol
7. 22205Trav'lin'

Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson - Reunion Blues   MPS/BASF (G) 21 20908-3

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.

Private Studio Of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Villingen, West Germany, July, 1971

Satisfaction
Dream Of You
Someday My Prince Will Come
A Time For Love
Reunion Blues
When I Fall In Love
Red Top

The Only Recorded Performance Of Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet   Finesse FW 37487

Paul Desmond, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Town Hall, NYC, December 25, 1971

Greensleeves
You Go To My Head
Blue Dove
Jesus Christ Superstar
Here's That Rainy Day
East Of The Sun
Bags' New Groove

1972

Stanley Turrentine With Milt Jackson - Cherry   CTI CTI 6017   1972

Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bob James, piano, electric piano; Cornell Dupree, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Bill Cobham, drums; Weldon Irvine Jr., arranger #4,6.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May, 1972

1.Speedball
2.I Remember You
3.The Revs
4.Sister Sanctified
5.Cherry
6.Introspective

** also released on CTI CTI 8010 in 1979; CBS Associated ZK 40936 in 1988.

Stanley Turrentine With Milt Jackson - Cherry   CBS Associated ZK 40936   1988

Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bob James, piano, electric piano; Cornell Dupree, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Bill Cobham, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May, 1972

The More I See You

** originally released on CTI CTI 6017 in 1972 + 1 bonus track.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Legendary Profile   Atlantic SD 1623   1972

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano, electric piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, June 1, 1972

24682Misty Roses
24683The Legendary Profile
24684The Martyr
24685Valeria
24686Romance
24687What Now, My Love (Et Maintenant)

Various Artists - Newport In New York '72 - The Jam Sessions Vols. 1 & 2   Cobblestone CST 9025-2

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Bennie Green, trombone; Stan Getz, tenor sax; John Blair, violin; Milt Jackson, vibes; Mary Lou Williams, piano; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Percy Heath, bass; Max Roach, drums; Big Black, congas.

Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 3, 1972

25536Bags' Groove
25537A Night In Tunisia

** part of Newport In New York '72, Cobblestone CST 9032-6.

CTI All-Stars - CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl, Live One   CTI CTI 7076   1977

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Hubert Laws, flute; Hank Crawford, Joe Farrell, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington Jr., sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Deodato, Johnny Hammond, Bob James, keyboards; George Benson, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums; Airto, percussion; Leonard Feather, Rick Holmes, MC.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, July 30, 1972

Grits Bowl
Inner City Blues / What's Going On
California Dreaming
First Light

CTI All-Stars - CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl, Live Two   CTI CTI 7077   1977

same session.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, July 30, 1972

Blues Force
Rock Steady
Theme From Love Story / Pavane / Fire And Rain
People Make The World Go Round

CTI All-Stars - CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl, Live Three   CTI CTI 7078   1977

same session.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, July 30, 1972

Funkfathers
Cherry

add Esther Phillips, vocal.

Bowl Full O'Blues
Cherry Red
God Bless The Child

Milt Jackson - Sunflower   CTI CTI 6024   1973

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet, flugelhorn; Phil Bodner, flute, alto flute, piccolo, English horn; Romeo Penque, alto flute, English horn, oboe; George Marge, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute, English horn; Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Charles Libove, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice, violin; Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, cello; Margaret Ross, harp; Milt Jackson, vibes; Herbie Hancock, piano; Jay Berliner, guitar; Ron Carter, bass; Billy Cobham, drums; Ralph MacDonald, percussion; Don Sebesky, arranger, conductor.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 12 and 13, 1972

For Someone I Love
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
People Make The World Go Round
Sunflower

** also released on CTI CTI 8004 in 1979.

Milt Jackson With Hubert Laws - Goodbye   CTI CTI 6038   1974

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Hubert Laws, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Billy Cobham, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December, 1972

SKJ

Hubert Laws, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Steve Gadd, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December, 1973

Detour Ahead
Goodbye
Old Devil Moon
Opus De Funk

1973 (age 50)

Don Sebesky - Giant Box   CTI CTX 6031/32   1973

Paul Desmond, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bob James, piano; Ron Carter, bass, electric bass, piccolo bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums; Dave Friedman, Phil Kraus, percussion; + Horns and Woodwinds: Randy Brecker, Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, trumpet, flugelhorn; Garnett Brown, trombone; Wayne Andre, Warren Covington, trombone, baritone horn; Paul Faulise, Alan Raph, bass trombone, baritone horn; Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, French horn; Tony Price, tuba; Jerry Dodgion, flute, piccolo, clarinet, soprano sax; Romeo Penque, flute, piccolo, clarinet, soprano sax, oboe, English horn; Phil Bodner, flute, piccolo, clarinet, soprano, tenor sax, oboe, English horn; George Marge, flute, clarinet, soprano, baritone sax, oboe, English horn; Walt Levinsky, clarinet, tenor sax; + Strings: Al Brown, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff, Irving Spice, violin; Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, cello; Homer Mensch, concert string bass; Margaret Ross, harp; + Vocal Background: Carl Carldwell, Lani Groves, Tasha Thomas, background vocal; Don Sebesky, arranger, conductor.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April and May, 1973

Vocalise

The Modern Jazz Quartet - In Memoriam   Little David LD 3001   1974

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums; unidentified orchestra, Maurice Peress, conductor.

CBS Studios, NYC, November 5, 1973

27875Jazz Ostinato
27876Adagio From Concierto De Aranjuez

same personnel.

CBS Studios, NYC, November 6, 1973

27873In Memoriam, 1st Movement
27874In Memoriam, 2nd Movement

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues On Bach   Atlantic SD 1652   1974

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano, harpsichord; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, November 26, 1973

28157Regret
28158Rise Up In The Morning
28159Don't Stop This Train
28160Tears From The Children
28161Precious Joy

same personnel.

NYC, November 27, 1973

28162Blues In B Flat
28163Blues In A Minor
28164Blues In C Minor
28165Blues In H(B)

1974

Milt Jackson - Olinga   CTI CTI 6046 S1   1974

Jimmy Heath, soprano, tenor sax; Arnold Black, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Irving Spice, violin #1,5; Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, cello #1,5; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Mickey Roker, drums; Bob James, arranger #1,5; Cedar Walton, arranger #6.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January, 1974

1.Olinga
2.Rerev
3.The Metal Melter
4.The Steel Bender
5.Lost April
6.I'm Not So Sure

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert   Atlantic SD 2-909   1974

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, November 25, 1974

30053 | 30409Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
30054 | 30410The Cylinder
30055 | 30411Summertime
30057 | 30422What's New
30058 | 30413Blues In A Minor
30059 | 30416Confirmation
30060 | 30417'Round Midnight
30061 | 30418A Night In Tunisia
30065 | 30419The Golden Striker
30066 | 30414One Never Knows
30067 | 30412Trav'lin'
30068 | 30420Skating In Central Park
30421Django
30415Bags' Groove

** part of The Complete Last Concert, Atlantic 81976-2.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - More From The Last Concert   Atlantic (Eu) ATL 50407

same session.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, November 25, 1974

30056Really True Blues
30062Tears From The Children
30063Blues In B (as Blues In H)
30064England's Carol
30070The Jasmine Tree
30071In Memoriam

** also released on Atlantic SD 8806 in 1981.
** part of The Complete Last Concert, Atlantic 81976-2.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Complete Last Concert   Atlantic 81976-2

same session.

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, November 25, 1974

The Legendary Profile
30069Concierto De Aranjuez

** same as The Last Concert, Atlantic SD 2-909 in 1974 + More From The Last Concert, (Eu) ATL 50407 + 2 bonus tracks.

1975

Peterson 6   Pablo 2310-747   1975

Toots Thielemans, harmonica; Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; Niels Pedersen, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975

Au Privave
Here's That Rainy Day
Poor Butterfly
Reunion Blues

** also released on The Oscar Peterson Big 6 At Montreux, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-931-2 in 1997.

Various Artists - The Montreux Collection   Pablo 2625-707   1975

same session.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975

Woody'n You

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

I'll Remember April

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1975

Slow Death
Cubano Chant

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Count Basie, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975

Collection Blues

Dizzy   Pablo 2310-749   1975

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975

Lover Come Back To Me
What's New
Cherokee

** also released on The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-739-2 in 1992.

Jackson   Pablo 2310-753   1975

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1975

Funji Mama
Everything Must Change
Speed Ball
Nature Boy
Stella By Starlight
Like Someone In Love
Night Mist Blues
Mack The Knife

** also released on The Milt Jackson Big 4 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-884-2 in 1996.

Basie Jam   Pablo 2310-750   1975

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Count Basie, piano; Niels Pedersen, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975

Billie's Bounce
Festival Blues
Lester Leaps In

** also released on Count Basie Jam Session At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-933-2 in 1997.

Roy Eldridge - Decidedly   Pablo PACD-5314-2   2002

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Ray Bryant, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.

live in Antibes, France, July 20, 1975

Bee's Bloos
Lover Man
Undecided
Hackensack

Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown - The Big 3   Pablo 2310-757   1976

Milt Jackson, vibes; Joe Pass, guitar; Ray Brown, bass.

Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA, August 25, 1975

The Pink Panther
Nuages
Blue Bossa
Come Sunday
Wave
Moonglow
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Blues For Sammy

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-805-2 in 1994.

Joe Turner With Milt Jackson, Roy Eldridge - Nobody In Mind   Pablo 2310-760   1976

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; J.D. Nicholson, piano; Pee Wee Crayton, guitar; William Walker, bass; Charles Randall, drums; Joe Turner, vocal.

Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1975

I Want A Little Girl
Nobody In Mind
The Chicken And The Hawk
I Just Didn't Have The Price
How Long, How Long Blues
Crawdad Hole
Juke Joint Blues
Red Sails In The Sunset

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-729-2 in 1992.

1976

Roy Eldridge - What It's All About   Pablo 2310-766   1976

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Norris Turney, alto sax; Budd Johnson, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Norman Simmons, piano; Ted Sturgis, bass; Eddie Locke, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, January 16, 1976

Recado Bossa Nova
Melange

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-853-2 in 1995.

Benny Carter - The King   Pablo 2310-768   1976

Benny Carter, alto sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; John B. Williams, bass; Jake Hanna, drums.

RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 11, 1976

A Walkin' Thing
My Kind Of Trouble Is You
Easy Money
Blue Star
I Still Love Him So
Green Wine
Malibu
Blues In D Flat

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-883-2 in 1996.

Milt Jackson At The Kosei Nenkin   Pablo Live 2620-103   1977

Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano, electric piano; Ray Brown, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.

Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, March 22 and 23, 1976

Killer Joe
Get Happy
All Blues
St. Thomas
The Prophet Speaks
Bolivia
Birks' Works
Stolen Moments
Bye Bye Blackbird

Milt Jackson At The Kosei Nenkin Vol. 2 - Centerpiece   Pablo Live PACD-2620-120-2   2002

same session.

Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, March 22 and 23, 1976

Centerpiece
Holy Land
Smile
Cherry
Little Girl Blue
Someday My Prince Will Come
Speed Ball
Blue Bossa
Watch What Happens
Organ Grinder's Swing

Milt Jackson And Strings - Feelings   Pablo 2310-774   1976

Hubert Laws, flute; Jerome Richardson, flute, alto flute; Arnold Belnick, Herman Clebanoff, Marcia Van Dyke, Dave Frisina, Jennifer Geller, Al Harshman, Karen Jones, Jacob Krachmalnick, Bernard Kundell, Erno Neufeld, Stanley Plummer, Ralph Schaeffer, Charles Veal, Jerry Vinci, violin; Rollice Dale, David Schwartz, viola; Ronald Cooper, Ray Kramer, cello; Catherine Gotthoffer, harp; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Dennis Budimir, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Jimmie Smith, drums; Paulinho Da Costa, percussion.

RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA, April 12, 13 and 14, 1976

Feelings
Come To Me
Trouble Is A Man
Moody Blue
The Day It Rained
My Kind Of Trouble Is You
If You Went Away
Tears
Blues For Edith
You Don't Know What Love Is

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-448 in 1990, OJCCD-448-2 in 1990.

1977

Count Basie - Kansas City 5   Pablo Today 2312-126   1981

Milt Jackson, vibes; Count Basie, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; John Heard, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.

Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA, January 26, 1977

Jive At Five
One O'Clock Jump
(We Ain't Got) No Special Thing
Memories Of You
Frog's Blues
Rabbit
Perdido
Timekeeper
Mean To Me
Blues For Joe Turner

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-888-2.

Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker - Quadrant   Pablo 2310-837   1979

Milt Jackson, vibes; Joe Pass, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Sunwest Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 4, 1977

Concorde
Joe's Tune
Oh, Lady Be Good
Ray's Tune
Grooveyard
The Man I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
Blues For The Stone

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-498 in 1990, OJCCD-498-2 in 1990.

Milt Jackson And The Monty Alexander Trio - Soul Fusion   Pablo 2310-804   1978

Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; John Clayton, bass; Jeff Hamilton, drums.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, June 1 and 2, 1977

Parking Lot Blues
3000 Miles Ago
Isn't She Lovely
Soul Fusion
Compassion
Once I Loved
Yano
Bossa Nova Do Marilla

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-731-2 in 1992.

Milt Jackson Ray Brown Jam - Montreux '77   Pablo Live 2308-205   1977

Clark Terry, trumpet; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Jimmie Smith, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 13, 1977

Slippery
A Beautiful Friendship
Mean To Me
You Are My Sunshine
C.M.J.

** also released on Milt Jackson/Ray Brown Jam - Montreux '77, Original Jazz Classics OJC-375 in 1989, OJCCD-375-2 in 1989.

Various Artists - The Jam Sessions - Montreux '77   Pablo Live 2620-105   1977

same session.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 13, 1977

That's The Way It Is
Red Top

Jon Faddis, Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Jimmie Smith, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977

Here 'Tis

Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn; Ronnie Scott, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Bobby Durham, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 15, 1977

Sweethearts On Parade
Donna Lee

The Pablo All Stars Jam - Montreux '77   Pablo Live 2308-210   1977

same personnel.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977

Cote D'Azur
Pennies From Heaven
Samba De Orfeu
God Bless The Child

** also released on The Pablo All-Stars Jam - Montreux '77, Original Jazz Classics OJC-380 in 1989, OJCCD-380-2 in 1989.

Dizzy Gillespie Jam - Montreux '77   Pablo Live 2308-211   1977

Jon Faddis, Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Jimmie Smith, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977

Girl Of My Dreams
Get Happy
Medley: Once In A While / But Beautiful / Here's That Rainy Day
The Champ

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-381 in 1989, OJCCD-381-2 in 1989.

Milt Jackson And His Colleagues - Bags' Bag   Pablo 2310-842   1980

Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; John Collins, guitar #2; Vaughn Andre, guitar #7; Ray Brown, bass; Billy Higgins, drums #1,3,6-8; Frank Severino, drums #2.

Kendun Recording, Burbank, CA, December 12, 1977;
Filmways/Heider Recording, Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 1978;
Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 1980

1.Blues For Roberta
2.Groovin'
3.How Are You
4.Slow Boat To China
5.I Cover The Waterfront
6.The Rev
7.Tour Angel
8.Blues For Tomi-Oka

** also released on Pablo PACD-2310-842-2 in 1988. and on Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton - Bags' Bag, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-935-2 in 1997.

1978

Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 1   Pablo 2310-822   1978

Lyn Biviano, Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger, Wayman Reed, trumpet; Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Fred Wesley, Dennis Wilson, trombone; Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, Kenny Hing, Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; John Clayton, bass; Butch Miles, drums.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1978

The Comeback
Basie
Corner Pocket
Lady In Lace
Blues For Joe Turner
Good Time Blues
Lil' Darlin'
Big Stuff
Blue And Sentimental

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-740-2 in 1992.

Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 1   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-740-2   1992

same session.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1978

Corner Pocket (alternate take)

** originally released on Pablo 2310-822 in 1978 + 1 bonus track.

Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2   Pablo 2310-823   1978

same session.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1978

9:20 Special
Moonlight Becomes You
Shiny Stockings
Blues For Me
Every Tub
Easy Does It
Lena And Lenny
Sunny Side Of The Street
Back To The Apple
I'll Always Be In Love With You

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-741-2 in 1992.

Milt Jackson Sings And Plays - Soul Believer   Pablo 2310-832   1979

Plas Johnson, tenor sax #3; Cedar Walton, piano; Michael Lang, Ian Underwood, synthesizer #2,7,9; Dennis Budimer, guitar #1-3,8,10; John Collins, guitar #4-7,9; Ray Brown, bass; Billy Higgins, drums #1-3,8,10; Frank Severino, drums #4-7,9; Milt Jackson, leader, vocal, vibes.

Filmways/Heider Recording, Los Angeles, CA, January 20, and September 18, 19, 1978

1.Ain't Misbehaving
2.Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3.I've Got The Blues
4.Heartstrings
5.Roll 'Em Pete
6.Yes Sir, That's My Baby
7.I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
8.I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
9.Someone I Love
10.Parking Lot Blues

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-686-2 in 1992.

1979

Oscar Peterson - Original Score From The Silent Partner   Pablo Today 2312-103   1979

Clark Terry, trumpet; Benny Carter, alto sax; Zoot Sims, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; John Heard, bass; Grady Tate, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, March 14, 1979

Theme For Celine
The Happy Hour
Party Time U.S.A.
First Reprise On Theme For Celine
Elliot (The Silent Partner)
Theme For Susannah
Blues For Chris (The Fox)
Second Reprise On Theme For Celine

Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt - Loose Walk   Palcoscenico (It) PAL 15009

Sonny Stitt, alto, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Gerald Price, piano; Don Moses, bass, electric bass; Bobby Durham, drums.

CIAK, Milan, Italy, November 11, 1979

Loose Walk
Parking Lot Blues
S.K.J.
Scrapple From The Apple
Lover Man
Star Eyes

1980

Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass - Quadrant Toasts Duke Ellington "All Too Soon"   Pablo Today 2312-117   1980

Milt Jackson, vibes; Joe Pass, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 1980

Caravan
Sophisticated Lady
All Too Soon
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Mood Indigo
Solitude
Take The "A" Train
Main Stem
In A Sentimental Mood
Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
Rocks In My Bed

** also released on The Ellington Album "All Too Soon", Original Jazz Classics OJC-450 in 1990, OJCCD-450-2 in 1990.

Milt Jackson - Night Mist   Pablo Today 2312-124   1981

Harry Edison, trumpet; Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, alto sax; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Art Hillery, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Lawrence Marable, drums.

Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA, April 14, 1980

Blues In My Heart
Double B
Blues For Clyde
A Matter Of Adjustment
Night Mist Blues
Other Bag Blues
D.B. Blues

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-827-2.

Milt Jackson - Big Mouth   Pablo 2310-867   1981

Milt Jackson, vibes; Don Grusin, keyboards; Ron Eschete, guitar; Carlos Vega, drums; Roger Bethelmy, Paulinho Da Costa, percussion.

Sage & Sound, Los Angeles, CA, April 18, 1980

Bags' Groove
Days Of Wine And Roses

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Castro-Neves, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Nick Ceroli, drums.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 26 and 27, 1981

The Look Of Love
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
I Owes Ya

Milt Jackson, vibes; Mike Lang, keyboards; Dennis Budimir, guitar; Abraham Laboriel, electric bass; John Guerin, drums; Larry Bunker, Joe Porcaro, percussion; Linda Harmon, Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall, Jackie Ward, vocal.

Big Mouth
I Love You
Yusef

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-865-2 in 1995.

Milt Jackson - High Fly   Live At e.j.'s (Portuguese) JLR 103.602   1996

Milt Jackson, vibes; Johnny O'Neal, piano; Steve Novosel, bass; Vinnie Johnson, drums.

e.j.'s, Atlanta, GA, July 4, 1980

Close Your Eyes
Here's That Rainy Day
Star Eyes
Blues For Edith
Chicago
Time For Love
Shiny Stockings

same session.

Goodbye
Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Scrapple From The Apple
I Thought About You
High Fly
If You Never Come To Me
Lil' Darlin'
Good Bait

1981

Dizzy Gillespie - Musician, Composer, Raconteur Plays And Raps In His Greatest Concert   Pablo Live 2620-116   1982

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; James Moody, tenor, alto sax, flute; Milt Jackson, vibes; Ed Cherry, guitar; Michael Howell, bass; George Hughes, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1981

Introduction Of The Band By Claude Nobs
Manteca
Dizzy Rapping With The Audience
Con Alma
Introduction Of Milt Jackson By Dizzy
S.K.J.
Dizzy Rapping With The Audience
A Night In Tunisia
Introduction Of The Band By Dizzy
Brother King
Body And Soul
Tanga
Olinga

** also released on Pablo Live 2PACD-2620-116-2 in 1997.

Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Allstar Jam Session   Eastworld (J) EWJ-80208   1981

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone; Stan Getz, tenor sax; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Roland Hanna, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

Aurex Jazz Festival, Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, September 2, 1981

Crisis
What Am I Here For
The Girl From Ipanema

same personnel.

Aurex Jazz Festival, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 1981

Bernie's Tune
Take The "A" Train / Caravan / Things Ain't What They Used To Be
A Night In Tunisia
Bag's Groove

same personnel.

Aurex Jazz Festival, Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, September 6, 1981

Song For Strayhorn
Time For The Dancers

** also released on Somethin' Else (J) TOCJ-8016 in 1998.

Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Live Special   Eastworld (J) EWJ-80254   1983

same personnel.

Aurex Jazz Festival, Japan, September, 1981

Walkin' Shoes
Woody'n You

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Reunion At Budokan 1981   Pablo Live 2308-243   1985

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, October 19 and 20, 1981

Introduction
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
The Cylinder
Really True Blues
The Golden Striker
Odd's Against Tomorrow
Jasmin Tree
Bags' Groove
Django

Milt Jackson - Ain't But A Few Of Us Left   Pablo 2310-873   1982

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Grady Tate, drums.

Atlantic Studios, NYC, November 30, 1981

Ain't But A Few Of Us Left
Stuffy
A Time For Love
Body And Soul
If I Should Lose You
What Am I Here For

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-785-2 in 1993.

1982

Milt Jackson - A London Bridge   Pablo 2310-932   1988

Milt Jackson, vibes; Monty Alexander, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, April 23 and 24, 1982

Impressions
Flamingo
Eleuthera
Good Bait
F.S.R.
Medley: Reggae / Later
Close Enough For Love
Captain Bill

Milt Jackson - Mostly Duke   Pablo PACD-2310-944-2   1991

same session.

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, April 23 and 24, 1982

Three Little Words
Used To Be Jackson
The Summer Knows
Main Stem
Caravan
Take The "A" Train
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Come Sunday
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-968-2 in 1998.

Milt Jackson In London - Memories Of Thelonious Sphere Monk   Pablo Live 2308-235   1982

same personnel.

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, April 28, 1982

Straight, No Chaser
Blue Monk
'Round Midnight
In Walked Bud
Django
Think Positive
Blues For Groundhog

** also released on Memories Of Thelonious Sphere Monk, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-851-2 in 1995.

Modern Jazz Quartet - Together Again: Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival '82   Pablo Live 2308-244   1985

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 25, 1982

Django
The Cylinder
The Martyr
Really True Blues
Odds Against Tomorrow
The Jasmine Tree
Monterey Mist
Bags' New Groove
Woody'n You

** also released on Pablo Live PACD-2308-244-2 in 1987.

1983 (age 60)

Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson - Two Of The Few   Pablo 2310-881   1983

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano.

RCA Studios, NYC, January 20, 1983

Oh, Lady Be Good
If I Had You
Limehouse Blues
Mister Basie
Reunion Blues
More Than You Know
Just You, Just Me
Here's Two Of The Few

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-689-2 in 1992.

Jackson, Johnson, Brown, & Company   Pablo 2310-897   1983

J.J. Johnson, trombone; Milt Jackson, vibes; Tom Ranier, piano; John Collins, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Roy McCurdy, drums.

Group IV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, May 25 and 26, 1983

Jaybone
Lament
Our Delight
Bags' Groove
Watch What Happens
My One And Only Love
The Jumpin' Blues

** also released on Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company, Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-907-2 in 1996.

The Milt Jackson Quartet - Soul Route   Pablo 2310-900   1984

Milt Jackson, vibes; Gene Harris, piano, electric keyboards; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, November 30, and December 1, 1983

Sittin' In The Sandtrap
Blues For Gene
How Long Has This Been Going On
Dejection Blues
Soul Route
Ne-Afterglow
In A Mellow Tone
My Romance
Chloe

** also released on Pablo PACD-2310-900-2 in 1987; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1059-2 in 2001.

1984

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Together Again - "Echoes"   Pablo Today 2312-142   1984

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

NYC, March 6, 1984

That Slavic Smile
Echoes
The Watergate Blues
The Hornpipe
Connie's Blues
Sacha's March

** also released on Pablo Today PACD-2312-142-2 in 1987.

Milt Jackson Ray Brown Quartet - It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It   Pablo 2310-909   1984

Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, July, 1984

Midnight Waltz
Ain't That Nothin'
Stress And Trauma
Used To Be Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
If I Were A Bell
Close Enough For Love

** also released on Original Jazz Classics OJC-601 in 1990, OJCCD-601-2 in 1990.

1985

Milt Jackson And His Gold Medal Winners - Brother Jim   Pablo 2310-916   1986

Jimmy Heath, Harold Vick, soprano, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Cedar Walton, piano; Joe Pass, guitar; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, May 17, 1985

Brother Jim
Ill Wind
Rhythm-a-ning
Sudden Death
How High The Moon
Back To Bologna
Sleeves
Lullaby Of The Leaves
The Weasel

** also released on Pablo PACD-2310-916-2 in 1987.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - "Topsy" This One's For Basie   Pablo 2310-917   1985

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums.

RCA Studios, NYC, June 3 and 4, 1985

Reunion Blues
Nature Boy
Topsy
D And E
Valeria
Milano
Le Cannet

** also released on Pablo PACD-2310-917-2 in 1987; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1073-2 in 2002.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - "Topsy" This One's For Basie   Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1073-2   2002

same session.

RCA Studios, NYC, June 3 and 4, 1985

D And E (alternate take)

** originally released on Pablo 2310-917 in 1985 + 1 bonus track.

1987

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Three Windows   Atlantic 81761-2

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums, percussion; The New York Chamber Symphony.

NYC, March 16-20, 1987

Three Windows
Kansas City Breaks
Encounter In Cagnes
Dejango
A Day In Dubrovnki: First Movement - Afternoon / Second Movement - Night / Third Movement - Morning

1988

The Modern Jazz Quartet For Ellington   East-West 90926-2

Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums, percussion.

NYC, February 1-3, 1988

For Ellington
Jack The Dear
Prelude To A Kiss
It Don't Mean A Thing
Ko-Ko
Maestro E.K.E.
Sepia Panorama
Rockin' In Rhythm
Come Sunday

1989

The Paris All Stars - Homage To Charlie Parker   A&M 75021 5300-2

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocal; Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, alto sax; Stan Getz, tenor sax; Milt Jackson, vibes; Hank Jones, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Max Roach, drums.

La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France, June 15, 1989

Steeplechase (Birks' Works)
Warm Valley
Drummers' Sweet: The Third Eye / Billy The Kid / The Drum Also Waltzes
Old Folks
Yardbird Suite
Con Alma
A Night In Tunisia
Oo-Pa-Pa-Da

1995 (age 72)

Milt Jackson - Burnin' In The Woodhouse   Qwest 9 45918-2   1995

Nicholas Payton, trumpet #1,5,8; Jesse Davis, alto sax #1,5,8; Joshua Redman, tenor sax #1,5,8; Milt Jackson, vibes; Benny Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Kenny Washington, drums.

The Power Station, NYC, 1995

1.Bop Ag'in
2.The Masquerade Is Over
3.They Can't Take That Away From Me
4.Brother K
5.A Bell For Bags
6.It Only Happens Once
7.In The Woodhouse
8.Soulmates

1996

A Tribute To Oscar Peterson - Live At The Town Hall   Telarc CD-83401

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Lewis Nash, drums.

Town Hall, NYC, October 1, 1996

Bag's Groove
Willow Weep For Me

1997

Milt Jackson - Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends)   Qwest 9 46607-2   1997

Milt Jackson, vibes; Michael LeDonne, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Mickey Roker, drums; Etta Jones, vocal #1,4,6.

NYC, 1997

1.Oh, Lady Be Good
2.Don't Go To Strangers
3.Blues For Queen "D"
4.You've Changed
5.What A Diff'rence A Day Made
6.This Bitter Earth
7.A-Tisket, A-Tasket
8.Good Morning, Heartache
9.Send In The Clowns
10.Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends)

1998

Milt Jackson Meets The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - Explosive!   Qwest 9 47286-2   1999

Oscar Brashear, Clay Jenkins, Bobby Rodriguez, Byron Stripling, Eugene "Snooky" Young, trumpet; George Bohanon, Ira Nepus, Isaac Smith, trombone; Maurice Spears, bass trombone; Jeff Clayton, Keith Fiddmont, alto sax, flute, clarinet; Charles Owens, Ricky Woodard, tenor sax, clarinet; Lee Callet, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Milt Jackson, vibes; Bill Cunliffe, piano; Jim Hershman, guitar; Christoph Luty, bass; John Clayton Jr., bass, arranger, conductor; Jeff Hamilton, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, June 9 and 10, 1998

Bags' Groove
Since I Fell For You
Evidence
Back Home Again In Indiana
Deed I Do
The Nearness Of You
Major Deagan (Blues For Dan)
Emily
Along Came Betty
Revibal Meeting
Recovery

Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson - The Very Tall Band   Telarc CD-83443   1999

Milt Jackson, vibes; Oscar Peterson, piano; Ray Brown, bass; with Karriem Riggins, drums.

Blue Note, NYC, November 24-26, 1998

Ja-da
SKJ
I Remember Clifford
When Summer Comes
Blues For JR
Nature Boy
Sometimes I'm Happy
Bass Solo Medley: Full Moon And Empty Arms / The Very Thought Of You / The Work Song
Caravan

Others

Milt Jackson Memorial Album - To Bags...With Love   Pablo PACD-2310-967-2   2000

Milt Jackson with Cannonball Adderley, Monty Alexander, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Miles Davis, Roy Eldridge, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and others.

released 2000;
recorded between 1954 and 1983

Mister Basie
Ralph's New Blues
Blues For Edith
Recado Bossa Nova
S.K.J.
If You Could See Me Now
Bags' Groove (take 1)
Easy Money
Things Are Getting Better
Yano
Corner Pocket