Big Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[ Milt Jackson discography accessed January 18, 2012]
Reception
In his January 3, 1963 review,
Down Beat magazine critic John S. Wilson described the album thus: "A big band made up of top New York studio men that varies slightly in the course of three recording sessions, plus arrangements by
Tadd Dameron and
Ernie Wilkins provide the surrounding in which Jackson works here". "This is not really a big band album but a group of solo settings."
[Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "melodic and always-swinging set".[Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 18, 2012]
Track listing
- All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
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"Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 3:07
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"'Round Midnight" Take (Thelonious Monk) - 6:50
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"'Round Midnight" Take (Monk) - 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
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"The Dream Is You" (Tadd Dameron) - 3:11
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"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 3:02
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"Echoes" - 4:35
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"If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:17
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"Star Eyes" Take (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 3:24
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"Star Eyes" Take (de Paul, Raye) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
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"Namesake" - 3:21
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"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:36
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"Later Than You Think" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:43
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Recorded in New York City on June 19 & 20 and July 5, 1962
Personnel
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Milt Jackson – vibraphone
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Nat Adderley, Dave Burns, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Snooky Young – trumpet
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Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston, Tom McIntosh – trombone
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Willie Ruff – French horn
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Earle Warren – alto saxophone
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George Dorsey – alto saxophone, flute
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James Moody, Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone
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Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, flute
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Arthur Clarke, Tate Houston – baritone saxophone
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Hank Jones – piano
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Ron Carter – double bass
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Connie Kay – drum kit
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Tadd Dameron, Ernie Wilkins – arrangement, conducting
