“MILT JACKSON” THELONIOUS MONK LP BLUE NOTE 1509 LEX flat ear RVG DG NICE

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Artist:   MILT JACKSON with The THELONIOUS MONK QUINTET

Title:   “Milt Jackson”

Label:   BLUE NOTE   # BLP 1509.  Monaural  pressing on thick vinyl with flat edge and wide deep groove.  LEXINGTON AVENUE address on both sides. 

 “RVG” and “ear” symbol are etched in the runout groove on both sides. 

Jacket is “frame” kakabuchi style.

Year:  1952

Personnel:  

Milt Jackson – vibes

John Lewis or Thelonious Monk – piano

Percy Heath or Al McKibbon or John Simmons – bass

Kenny Clarke or Art Blakey or Shadow Wilson – drums

Lou Donaldson or Sahib Shihab – alto sax. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is nice VG+ to VG++ with full original gloss (Plays closer to VG++).  Has been played sparingly and handled with care.  There are several faint marks that produce very soft tics in a couple places, but no loud clicks or pops.  Plays very enjoyably with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  A very nice playing copy.

JACKET:   “Frame” style Jacket is nice VG+.   Front panel has faint writing at center; otherwise is clean and bright.  Bottom seam has cracking along its entirety;  beginning to split at the center .  Reverse has some minor ring wear.  Overall the jacket presents very nicely and is a suitable companion to the fine sounding disc.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Lillie
• Tahiti
• What’s New
• Bags’ Groove
• On the Scene
• Willow Weep for Me  

Side Two:

• Criss Cross
• Eronel
• Mysterioso
• Evidence
• Lillie
• Four in One

Review:

“Three sessions led by vibraphonist Milt Jackson: one where the eventual members of the Modern Jazz Quartet are joined by saxophonist Lou Donaldson, and eight quartet tracks with Thelonious Monk.  On one date the men were the original Modern Jazz Quartet members – Milt, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke – plus, on some numbers, Lou Donaldson’s aerostatic alto.  On the second and third sessions, Thelonious Monk was the elder statesman in charge of operations. 

The July 2, 1948, date with Monk was recorded eight months after the pianist's first recordings as a leader.  Jackson, responding to the demands of Monk's music with his customary fluid grace, is key to these definitive early recordings of "Evidence" and "Misterioso."  The April 7, 1952, date with Donaldson does not have the impact of the tracks with Monk.  Donaldson's uncomplicated bop is mildly diverting, but it's the consistently brilliant Jackson who commands the listener's attention.  Donaldson lays out on four tracks, including the two takes of the set's highlight, Jackson's "Lillie."  Here the vibraphonist effortlessly weaves 16th notes across the ballad's accompaniment by his future MJQ partners.  As always, it's not Jackson's speed that impresses, it's his taste, musicianship, and artistry.”

Excerpted from a review by Scott Yanow, allmusic.com, and Leonard Feather’s liner notes. 

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