Milt Jackson Discography - session index

1945 (age 22)

• Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson's All Stars   LA, Dec. 10, 1945
• Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson's All Stars   LA, Dec. 12, 1945
• Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson's All Stars   LA, Dec. 13, 1945
• Dizzy Gillespie Bebop Six   AFRS Jubilee, NBC Studios, Hollywood, CA, Dec. 29, 1945

1946

• Dizzy Gillespie Rebop Six   WEAF RB, Billy Berg's Supper Club, Hollywood, CA, Jan. 24, 1946
• Tempo Jazz Men / Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen   Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA, Feb. 7, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Feb. 22, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, May 15, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, May-June, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, June 10, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, July 9, 1946
• Ray Brown's All Stars / The Be Bop Boys   NYC, Sep. 25, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Nov. 12, 1946
• Coleman Hawkins Orch.   NYC, Dec., 1946

1947

• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, Aug. 22, 1947
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sep. 29, 1947
• Howard McGhee 6   NYC, Dec. 3, 1947

1948

• The Howard McGhee 6 with Milt Jackson   Chicago, Feb., 1948
• Milt Jackson All Stars   United Sound Systems, Detroit, MI, Apr., 1948
• Lord Nelson Boppers   United Sound Systems, Detroit, MI, June, 1948
• The Tadd Dameron Band   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, sum. & fall 1948
• The Thelonious Monk 4   Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948
• The McGhee-Navarro Boptet   Apex Studios, NYC, Oct. 11, 1948

1949

• Kenny Clarke's 6 with Milt Jackson   NYC, Jan. 25, 1949
• Wini Brown   NYC, Feb. 21, 1949
• Milt Jackson 7   NYC, Feb. 23, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 26, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 12, 1949
• The King Cole 3   Bob City, NYC, May 7, 1949
• Gil Fuller Orch.   NYC, June 11, 1949

1950

• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Chicago, mid 1950
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Sep. 16, 1950

1951

• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 6, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 13, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 20, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 7   Birdland, NYC, Feb. 3, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Detroit, MI, Mar. 1, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 7   Birdland, NYC, Mar. 17, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6 / Dizzie Gillespie All Stars   NYC, Apr. 16, 1951
• The Thelonious Monk 5   WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 5   NYC, Aug. 16, 1951
• Milt Jackson 4   NYC, Aug. 24, 1951
• Milt Jackson 4   NYC, Sep. 18, 1951
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   NYC, Oct. 25, 1951

1952

• Dizzy Gillespie 5   NYC, Feb. 29, 1952
• Annie Ross   NYC, Apr. 1, 1952
• Milt Jackson 5   WOR Studios, NYC, Apr. 7, 1952
• Milt Jackson 4   NYC, Apr., 1952
• Charlie Parker 5   Birdland, NYC, Nov. 1, 1952
• MJQ   NYC, Dec. 22, 1952
• Slim Gaillard 5   NYC, Dec., 1952

1953 (age 30)

• Ben Webster with MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Feb. 21, 1953
• Ben Webster with MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Feb. 28, 1953
• MJQ   NYC, June 25, 1953
• Sonny Rollins with MJQ   NYC, Oct. 7, 1953
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Oct. 31, 1953

1954

• Henri Renaud All Stars   NYC, Mar. 7, 1954
• The Milt Jackson 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, June 16, 1954
• MJQ   c. Sep. or Oct., 1954
• Kenny Clarke 6   LA, Nov. 1, 1954
• MJQ   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 23, 1954
• Miles Davis All Stars   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 24, 1954

1955

• MJQ   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 9, 1955
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 20, 1955
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 23, 1955
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Jan. 30, 1955
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, Feb. 6, 1955
• Kenny Clarke 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 7, 1955
• Milt Jackson 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, May 20, 1955
• MJQ   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, July 2, 1955
• Miles Davis All Star 6/5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 5, 1955
• Milt Jackson 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 28, 1955

1956

• Milt Jackson 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 5, 1956
• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, Jan. 17, 1956
• Milt Jackson   NYC, Jan. 21, 1956
• MJQ   NYC, Jan. 22, 1956
• Milt Jackson 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 23, 1956
• Milt Jackson 4   NYC, Feb. 14, 1956
• MJQ   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 14, 1956
• MJQ   Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, July 5, 1956
• MJQ with Jimmy Giuffre   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 28, 1956
• Quincy Jones Orch.   Beltone Studios, NYC, Sep. 14, 1956
• MJQ with Lester Young and Miles Davis   Stadthalle, Sindelfingen, W. Germany, Nov. 12, 1956
• MJQ   Birdland, NYC, 1956

1957

• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, Jan. 5, 1957
• Milt Jackson 9   NYC, Jan. 7, 1957
• Hank Mobley 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 13, 1957
• MJQ   NYC, Apr. 4, 1957
• MJQ   NYC, Apr. 5, 1957
• Chris Connor with Stan Free's Orch.   NYC, May 1, 1957
• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, May 21, 1957
• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, June 10, 1957
• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, June 17, 1957
• MJQ   NYC, July 29, 1957
• MJQ and The Jimmy Giuffre 3   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 24, 1957
• MJQ   same location, date
• Ray Charles and Milt Jackson   NYC, Sep. 12, 1957
• MJQ At JATP   Opera House, Chicago, Oct. 19, 1957
• MJQ   Donaueschingen, W. Germany, Oct. 27, 1957

1958

• MJQ   San Remo, Italy, Jan. 19, 1958
• Ray Charles and Milt Jackson   NYC, Apr. 10, 1958
• MJQ / Herb Jeffries / The Fred Katz String 4   KABC-TV, Stars Of Jazz #101. 1958-#23, June 9, 1958
• MJQ   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 3, 1958
• MJQ with Sonny Rollins   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 31, 1958
• Milt Jackson - Coleman Hawkins 6   NYC, Sep. 12, 1958
• Cannonball Adderley 5 with Milt Jackson   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 28, 1958
• Milt Jackson 6   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 28 & 29, 1958
• MJQ + Jazz Group De Paris   Paris, France, 1958

1959

• Milt Jackson - John Coltrane 5   Atlantic Studios, NYC, Jan. 15, 1959
• Milt Jackson with Quincy Jones' Orch.   NYC, May 1, 1959
• John Lewis Orch.   NYC, July 16, 17 & 20, 1959
• MJQ   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 21, 1959
• MJQ   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 22, 1959
• MJQ   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 25, 1959
• MJQ   Music Inn, Lenox, MA, Aug. 26-29, 1959
• Milt Jackson with Quincy Jones' Orch.   NYC, Sep. 9, 1959
• Milt Jackson with Quincy Jones' Orch.   NYC, Sep. 10, 1959
• MJQ with The Beaux Arts String 4   NYC, Sep. 23, 1959
• MJQ   Olmsted Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 9 & 10, 1959
• MJQ   Capitol Studios, NYC, Dec. 21, 1959

1960

• MJQ with Gunther Schuller's Orch.   Capitol Studios, NYC, Jan. 15, 1960
• MJQ   same location, date
• Milt Jackson 8   NYC, Feb. 23, 1960
• Milt Jackson 8   NYC, Feb. 24, 1960
• MJQ   live in Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 11, 1960
• MJQ   live in Goteborg, Sweden, 1st concert, Apr. 12, 1960
• MJQ   live in Goteborg, Sweden, 2nd concert, Apr. 12, 1960
• MJQ   live in Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 13, 1960
• MJQ with Orch.   Stuttgart, W. Germany, June 3, 1960
• MJQ with Orch.   Stuttgart, W. Germany, June 4, 1960
• MJQ   NYC, July 21, 1960
• MJQ with Diahann Carroll   NYC, Oct. 20, 1960

1961

• Milt Jackson 5   NYC, Mar. 14, 1961
• MJQ   NYC, Aug. 29, 1961
• Oscar Peterson 3 with Milt Jackson   NYC, Sep. 15, 1961
• Oscar Peterson 3 with Milt Jackson   NYC, Sep. 18, 1961
• Milt Jackson 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 14, 1961
• Milt Jackson 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 15, 1961
• Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 18 & 19, 1961

1962

• MJQ   NYC, Jan. 22, 1962
• MJQ   NYC, Jan. 23, 1962
• MJQ   NYC, Jan. 24, 1962
• MJQ   NYC, Jan. 25, 1962
• Milt Jackson, a.o.   NYC, Jan. 29, 1962
• MJQ   same location, date
• MJQ   NYC, Feb. 2, 1962
• Milt Jackson, a.o.   NYC, Apr. 16, 1962
• Milt Jackson Orch.   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 19, 20, & July 5, 1962
• Milt Jackson 6   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 30, Oct. 31, & Nov. 7, 1962

1963 (age 40)

• Milt Jackson and Big Brass   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 18, & Aug. 5, 1963
• MJQ   NYC, May 16, 1963
• MJQ   NYC, May 17, 1963
• MJQ   NYC, Dec. 20, 1963
• Milt Jackson 5   Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, Dec., 1963

1964

• Ray Brown - Milt Jackson 5   A&R Studios, NYC, Jan. 13, 1964
• Ray Brown - Milt Jackson 5   A&R Studios, NYC, Jan. 14, 1964
• Milt Jackson with The Enrico Intra Group   Milan, Italy, Mar. 27, 1964
• MJQ with Laurindo Almeida   RCA Webster Hall, NYC, July 21, 1964
• MJQ   NYC, July 23 & 24, 1964
• Milt Jackson 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 6, 1964
• Milt Jackson 6   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 7, 1964
• Milt Jackson 5   NYC, Dec. 9, 1964
• Milt Jackson 5   NYC, Dec. 14, 1964
• Quincy Jones Orch.   NYC, Dec. 20, 1964
• Milt Jackson 5   NYC, Dec. 28, 1964

1965

• Ray Brown - Milt Jackson Orch.   NYC, Jan. 4, 1965
• Ray Brown - Milt Jackson Orch.   NYC, Jan. 5, 1965
• MJQ   Webster Hall, NYC, Apr. 26, 1965
• MJQ and The All-Star Jazz Band   NYC, May 27, 1965
• MJQ and The All-Star Jazz Band   NYC, June 25, 1965
• Milt Jackson   The Museum Of Modern Art, NYC, Aug. 12, 1965
• MJQ   Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 13-16, 1965
• Sonny Rollins 5   broadcast, Berlin Jazz Fest., Berlin, W. Germany, Oct. 30, 1965

1966

• MJQ   Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 14, 1966
• MJQ + Maynard Ferguson 6   Half Note, NYC, Mar., 1966
• MJQ   Carnegie Hall, NYC, Apr. 27, 1966
• MJQ - Les Swingle Singers   Paris, France, Sep., 1966
• Milt Jackson 6   NYC, Dec. 15, 1966

1967

• MJQ   The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, Mar. 16 & 17, 1967
• MJQ   NYC, Dec. 12, 1967

1968

• Milt Jackson and The Hip String 4   A&R Studios, NYC, May 9, 1968
• Milt Jackson and The Hip String 4   A&R Studios, NYC, June 3, 1968
• Milt Jackson and The Hip String 4   A&R Studios, NYC, June 17, 1968

1969

• Milt Jackson 5 feat. Ray Brown   Shelly's Manne-Hole, LA, 1st set, Aug. 1, 1969
• Milt Jackson 5 feat. Ray Brown   Shelly's Manne-Hole, LA, 2nd set, Aug. 1, 1969
• Milt Jackson 5 feat. Ray Brown   Shelly's Manne-Hole, LA, 3rd set, Aug. 1, 1969
• Milt Jackson 5 feat. Ray Brown   Shelly's Manne-Hole, LA, Aug. 2, 1969
• Milt Jackson with The Ray Brown Big Band   Annex Studios, LA, Oct. 9, 1969
• Milt Jackson with The Ray Brown Big Band   Annex Studios, LA, Oct. 10, 1969
• MJQ   NYC, 1969

1970

• Quincy Jones   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 25, 26, & May 12, 1970

1971

• MJQ +   NYC, May 24, 1971
• Oscar Peterson - Milt Jackson 4   Private Studio Of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Villingen, W. Germany, July, 1971
• Paul Desmond and MJQ   Town Hall, NYC, Dec. 25, 1971

1972

• MJQ   NYC, Mar. 2, 1972
• Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May, 1972
• MJQ   NYC, June 1, 1972
• Newport In New York '72   Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 3, 1972
• CTI All-Stars At The Hollywood Bowl   Hollywood Bowl, LA, July 30, 1972
• Milt Jackson   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 12 & 13, 1972
• Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec., 1972

1973 (age 50)

• Don Sebesky   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. & May, 1973
• MJQ with Maurice Peress' Orch.   CBS Studios, NYC, Nov. 5, 1973
• MJQ with Maurice Peress' Orch.   CBS Studios, NYC, Nov. 6, 1973
• MJQ   NYC, Nov. 26, 1973
• MJQ   NYC, Nov. 27, 1973
• Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec., 1973

1974

• Milt Jackson   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan., 1974
• MJQ   Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, Nov. 25, 1974

1975

• The Oscar Peterson Big 6   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 16, 1975
• The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7   same location, date
• Milt Jackson 4   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1975
• Count Basie Jam   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 19, 1975
• Roy Eldridge 7   live in Antibes, France, July 20, 1975
• The Big 3   Cherokee Studios, LA, Aug. 25, 1975
• Joe Turner with Milt Jackson - Roy Eldridge 6   LA, Aug. 27, 1975

1976

• Roy Eldridge 7   RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 16, 1976
• Benny Carter 6   RCA Studios, LA, Feb. 11, 1976
• Milt Jackson 5   Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 22 & 23, 1976
• Milt Jackson 5 with Strings   RCA Studios, LA, Apr. 12, 13 & 14, 1976

1977

• Count Basie and The Kansas City 5   Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA, Jan. 26, 1977
• Quadrant   Sunwest Recording Studios, LA, Feb. 4, 1977
• Milt Jackson and The Monty Alexander 3   Group IV Studios, LA, June 1 & 2, 1977
• Milt Jackson - Ray Brown 6   Montreux Jazz Fest., Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 13, 1977
• The Pablo All Stars Jam   Montreux Jazz Fest., Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1977
• Dizzy Gillespie Jam   same location, date
• The Pablo All Stars Jam   Montreux Jazz Fest., Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland, July 15, 1977
• Milt Jackson Colleagues   Kendun Recording, Burbank, CA, Dec. 12, 1977; Filmways/Heider Recording, LA, Jan. 20, 1978; Group IV Studios, LA, Jan. 21, 1980

1978

• Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band   Group IV Studios, LA, Jan. 18, 1978
• Milt Jackson Sings and Plays   Filmways/Heider Recording, LA, Jan. 20, & Sep. 18, 19, 1978

1979

• Oscar Peterson 7   RCA Studios, NYC, Mar. 14, 1979
• Milt Jackson - Sonny Stitt 5   CIAK, Milan, Italy, Nov. 11, 1979

1980

• Quadrant   Group IV Studios, LA, Jan. 21, 1980
• Milt Jackson 7   Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA, Apr. 14, 1980
• Milt Jackson   Sage & Sound, LA, Apr. 18, 1980
• Milt Jackson 4   e.j.'s, Atlanta, GA, July 4, 1980

1981

• Milt Jackson   Group IV Studios, LA, Feb. 26 & 27, 1981
• Milt Jackson with Vocals   same location, date
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 1981
• Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Allstar Jam Session   Aurex Jazz Fest., Osaka Fest. Hall, Osaka, Japan, Sep. 2, 1981
• Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Allstar Jam Session   Aurex Jazz Fest., Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 3, 1981
• Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Allstar Jam Session   Aurex Jazz Fest., Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 6, 1981
• Aurex Jazz Festival '81 - Allstar Jam Session   Aurex Jazz Fest., Japan, Sep., 1981
• MJQ   Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 19 & 20, 1981
• Milt Jackson 4   Atlantic Studios, NYC, Nov. 30, 1981

1982

• Milt Jackson 4   Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, Apr. 23 & 24, 1982
• Milt Jackson 4   Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, Apr. 28, 1982
• MJQ   Montreux Jazz Fest., Montreux, Switzerland, July 25, 1982

1983 (age 60)

• Oscar Peterson - Milt Jackson 2   RCA Studios, NYC, Jan. 20, 1983
• Jackson, Johnson, Brown, & Company   Group IV Studios, LA, May 25 & 26, 1983
• The Milt Jackson 4   RCA Studios, NYC, Nov. 30, & Dec. 1, 1983

1984

• MJQ   NYC, Mar. 6, 1984
• Milt Jackson - Ray Brown 4   RCA Studios, NYC, July, 1984

1985

• Milt Jackson Gold Medal Winners   RCA Studios, NYC, May 17, 1985
• MJQ   RCA Studios, NYC, June 3 & 4, 1985

1987

• MJQ with The New York Chamber Symphony   NYC, Mar. 16-20, 1987

1988

• MJQ   NYC, Feb. 1-3, 1988

1989

• Paris All Stars   La Grande Halle, La Villette, Paris, France, June 15, 1989

1995 (age 72)

• Milt Jackson 4/7   The Power Station, NYC, 1995

1996

• Oscar Peterson 4 with Guests   Town Hall, NYC, Oct. 1, 1996

1997

• Milt Jackson 4   NYC, 1997

1998

• Milt Jackson Meets The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orch.   LA, June 9 & 10, 1998
• The Very Tall Band   Blue Note, NYC, Nov. 24-26, 1998

Others

• Milt Jackson   released 2000; recorded between 1954 & 1983

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