{"title":"Milt Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Milton Jackson on 1 January 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. He took up the vibraphone at 16 after seeing Lionel Hampton play the instrument in Benny Goodman's band at the Michigan State Fair in 1940. He earned the nickname \"Bags\" from the pouches under his eyes. He was drafted in 1942 and served two years in the army. After returning to Detroit in 1944 he formed a quartet called The Four Sharps. Dizzy Gillespie heard him in a Detroit club and, suitably impressed, encouraged him to move to New York in 1945 with the offer of a place in his band. Jackson joined Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1945, then his larger ensembles, quickly acquiring experience working with the most important figures in jazz of the era, including Woody Herman, Howard McGhee, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker. He recorded with Thelonious Monk's band from 1947 to 1952, performed with the Woody Herman big band from 1949 to 1950, and rejoined Gillespie from 1951 to 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Dizzy Gillespie's big band, Jackson formed the rhythm section with pianist John Lewis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Kenny Clarke. When they decided to become a working group in their own right around 1950, the foursome was known at first as the Milt Jackson Quartet, becoming the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) in 1952. By that time Percy Heath had replaced Ray Brown on bass. In 1954 or 1955 Connie Kay replaced Kenny Clarke on drums, the last personnel change the group ever had. The MJQ had a long career until disbanding in 1974 when Jackson left. The group reformed in 1981 and continued until 1993. Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists through his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm, setting his vibraphone's oscillator to a slow 3.3 revolutions per second for a subtle tremolo. He composed jazz standards including \"Bags' Groove\" and \"Bluesology\". He won Esquire magazine's New Star Award in 1947, was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in 1980, and was named an NEA Jazz Master. He died on 9 October 1999 in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"milt-jackson-plenty-plenty-soul-1976-japanese-atlantic-vinyl-lp","title":"Milt Jackson - Plenty, Plenty Soul (1976 Japanese Atlantic Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMilt Jackson - \u003cem\u003ePlenty, Plenty Soul \u003c\/em\u003e| Vinyl LP - 1976 Japanese Atlantic (P-4550A, Jazz Forever 1500, Warner-Pioneer Corporation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMilt Jackson was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and one of the most important vibraphonists in jazz. \u003cem\u003ePlenty, Plenty Soul\u003c\/em\u003e is a departure from the MJQ's chamber-jazz aesthetic: a full-blown hard bop record in two formats, one with a nine-piece ensemble and one with a sextet. Nesuhi Ertegun produced for Atlantic. Quincy Jones arranged all seven tracks, though his contributions are most audible on Side A, where he shapes a nonet built around Jackson, Joe Newman on trumpet, Jimmy Cleveland on trombone, Frank Foster on tenor saxophone, Sahib Shihab on baritone, Horace Silver on piano, Percy Heath on bass and Art Blakey on drums. The ninth player on Side A was the alto saxophonist credited as \"Ronnie Peters\" — in reality Cannonball Adderley, who was contractually unable to record under his own name for another label's session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A was recorded on 7 January 1957; Side B was recorded two days earlier, on 5 January, with a smaller lineup: Jackson, Newman, Lucky Thompson on tenor saxophone, Silver on piano, Oscar Pettiford on bass and Connie Kay on drums. \"Sermonette\" (B1), which Adderley had composed and was his most widely played piece at the time, appears here — making his presence felt on both sides despite the contractual obscuring. The remaining originals are by Jackson except \"Boogity Boogity\" (A2) and \"Blues at Twilight\" (B4), both by Jones. Down Beat awarded the record five stars on its 1957 release. This pressing is from the 1976 Japanese Atlantic Jazz Forever 1500 series, manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43329077837883,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6469.jpg?v=1774732574"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/milt-jackson.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}