Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt - In The Beginning

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 42:41

Size: 97.7 MB

Styles: Bebop, Vibraphone jazz

Year: 1964/1991

Art: Front

[2:21] 1. Body And Soul

[2:17] 2. 3rd Song (Silver Slipper)

[2:20] 3. Red Shoes

[2:12] 4. Be Bop Blues

[2:24] 5. Royal Wedding

[2:21] 6. Fine And Dandy

[2:15] 7. Stardust

[2:15] 8. Ratio And Proportion

[2:33] 9. Slits

[2:24] 10. Baggy Eyes

[2:56] 11. In A Beautiful Mood

[2:41] 12. Baggy's Blues (Bobbin' With Robbin)

[2:54] 13. Suede Jacket

[2:50] 14. Suede Jacket

[2:48] 15. Lion's Roar

[2:50] 16. Scamper Roo

[2:13] 17. Relaxin'

Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt; Bass – Ray Brown; Drums – Max Roach; Piano – Sir Charles Thompson; Trumpet – Russell Jacquet; Vibraphone – Milt Jackson. Recorded in 1948.

Here are a pair of early and rare bebop sessions, recorded by Detroiters Jackson and Stitt in their hometown. On a majority of the tracks, recorded in April 1948, the sextet also includes trumpeter Russell Jacquet and pianist Sir Charles Thompson. The final four titles, from a second April ’48 date, feature a quintet that is a proto-MJQ, with Jackson, John Lewis, and Kenny Clarke joined by Milt’s brother Al on bass and the great conga drummer Chano Pozo in one of his few recordings. Four previously unreleased selections, included as CD bonus tracks, are from a third April 1948 session under the leadership of Russell Jacquet and also featuring Stitt and J.J. Johnson.

In The Beginning

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