Milt Jackson – Ballads & Blues (E/E) – LP, JP 1976, With OBI
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Ballads & Blues is an LP by Milt Jackson from 1976 released on the Atlantic label.
About this album
Ballads & Blues is a graceful 1956 showcase for Milt Jackson’s lyrical vibraphone voice, balancing tender standards with deeper blues feeling. Best known as a key figure in modern jazz and the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jackson here proves how fluent bop technique could serve elegance and understatement rather than flash. The album draws on ballads such as So In Love and These Foolish Things, alongside more buoyant material, turning each performance into a study in tone, phrasing and quiet swing. It stands as a fine example of cool jazz with real emotional warmth and melodic focus.
Genre: Jazz
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A1 So In Love
A2 These Foolish Things
A3 Solitude
A4 The Song Is Ended
A5 They Didn'T Believe Me
B1 How High The Moon
B2 Gerry'S Blues
B3 Hello
B4 Bright Blues