Milt Jackson Quartet

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{{Infobox album

| name = Milt Jackson Quartet

| type = Album

| artist = Milt Jackson

| cover = Milt Jackson Quartet.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1955

| recorded = May 20, 1955

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 30:59

| label = Prestige
{{small|PR 7003}}

| producer =

| chronology = Milt Jackson

| prev_title = Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson

| prev_year = 1955

| next_title = Roll 'Em Bags

| next_year = 1956

}}

Milt Jackson Quartet (also released as Soul Pioneers) is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/milt-jackson/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7003 Milt Jackson discography] accessed January 16, 2012

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 754

}}

AllMusic writer Scott Yanow stated: "The music itself makes for an enjoyable straight-ahead set".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/milt-jackson-quartet-main-entry-r141305 AllMusic Review] accessed January 16, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson, except where noted.

  1. "Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 5:26
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:41
  3. "Moonray" (Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer, Artie Shaw) – 5:05
  4. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:04
  5. "Stonewall" – 7:47
  6. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 4:20

:*Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 20, 1955

Personnel

References