Here’s a promo copy of a great Ray Charles and Milt Jackson record. This and the Soul Brothers LP that preceded it are high points of where blues and jazz meet, and I can listen to it over and over. … Continue reading
Here’s another excellent sounding UK release on the London label (see another in the MJQ post from March) of a record that came out on Atlantic stateside. This time it’s a 1957 Milt Jackson session titled Plenty, Plenty Soul. The LP … Continue reading
Cannonball Adderley paired with Milt Jackson for this October 1958 session and are joined by an all-star rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey. The results were as good and you’d imagine, led by Adderley’s alto sounding … Continue reading
Through some other collector friends I’ve learned a bit about European pressings of US releases–but it’s still pretty new to me. From what I can gather this is the “original” UK pressing of 1957’s The Modern Jazz Quartet (Atlantic 1265). … Continue reading