Ballads & Blues (Milt Jackson album)

Ballads & Blues is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Ballads & Blues
Studio album by
Milt Jackson
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 17 & 21, 1956 and February 14, 1956
StudioNew York City and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliff, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:02
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Milt Jackson chronology
Opus de Jazz
(1955)		 Ballads & Blues
(1956)		 Fontessa
(1956)

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

Track listing
All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated
  1. "So in Love" (Cole Porter) - 3:14
  2. "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) - 4:25
  3. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington) - 4:43
  4. "The Song is Ended" (Irving Berlin) - 4:40
  5. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) - 3:45
  6. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:13
  7. "Gerry's Blues" - 5:02
  8. "Hello" - 3:47
  9. "Bright Blues" - 6:13

Recorded in New York City on January 17 (tracks 6, 8 & 9) and January 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 14 (tracks 2, 4 & 7), 1956

Personnel

References
  1. Milt Jackson discography accessed January 16, 2012
  2. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (October 20, 1956). "Reviews and Ratings of New Jazz Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  3. Allmusic Review accessed January 16, 2012
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 754


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