Milt Jackson Musical artist

Milton "Bags" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players.A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. He preferred to set the vibraphone's oscillator to a low 3.3 revolutions per second (as opposed to Lionel Hampton's speed of 10 revolutions per second) for a more subtle vibrato. On occasion, Jackson sang and played piano professionally.

Personal facts

Milt Jackson
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1923
Birth place
Detroit
Date of deathOctober 09, 1999
Place of death
Manhattan

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Miles Davis
Modern Jazz Quartet
Dizzy Gillespie
John Coltrane
Ray Charles
Thelonious Monk
Wes Montgomery
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Post-bop
Modal jazz
Hard bop
Mainstream jazz
Afro-Cuban jazz
instrument
Vibraphone
record label
Impulse! Records
Atlantic Records
Apple Records
Prestige Records

Milt Jackson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/milt.html
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9903208
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5u7TZhL22U