Big Bags

Big Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Big Bags
Studio album by
Milt Jackson Orchestra
Released1962
RecordedJune 19 & 20 and July 5, 1962
GenreJazz
Length50:51
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Milt Jackson chronology
Lonely Woman
(1962)		 Big Bags
(1962)		 Invitation
(1962)

Reception

In his January 3, 1963 review, Down Beat magazine critic John S. Wilson described the album thus: "A big band made up of top New York studio men that varies slightly in the course of three recording sessions, plus arrangements by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins provide the surrounding in which Jackson works here". "This is not really a big band album but a group of solo settings."[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "melodic and always-swinging set".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 3:07
  2. "'Round Midnight" [Take 2] (Thelonious Monk) - 6:50
  3. "'Round Midnight" [Take 1] (Monk) - 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "The Dream Is You" (Tadd Dameron) - 3:11
  5. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 3:02
  6. "Echoes" - 4:35
  7. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:17
  8. "Star Eyes" [Take 5] (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 3:24
  9. "Star Eyes" [Take 4] (de Paul, Raye) - 3:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Namesake" - 3:21
  11. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:36
  12. "Later Than You Think" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:43
    • Recorded in New York City on June 19 & 20 and July 5, 1962

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References
  1. Milt Jackson discography accessed January 18, 2012
  2. Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 18, 2012
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