Jazz 'n' Samba explained

Jazz 'n' Samba
Type:	Album
Artist:	Milt Jackson
Cover:	Jazz 'n' Samba.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	August 6–7, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	33:31
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Milt Jackson
Prev Title:	Collaboration
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	I/We Had a Ball
Next Year:	1965

Jazz 'n' Samba is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This is an odd LP. The first session is a conventional one... The flip side substitutes two guitars for Flanagan's piano and uses bossa nova rhythms in hopes of getting a hit".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated

1. "Blues for Juanita" - 5:44
2. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:42
3. "Big George" - 4:49
4. "Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) - 3:46
5. "Jazz 'n' Samba" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 2:14
6. "The Oo-Oo Bossa Nova" (Manny Albam) - 3:08
7. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 4:39
8. "Kiss and Run" (Rene Dononcin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru, Ella Fitzgerald) - 3:28
9. "Jazz Bossa Nova" - 3:01

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 6, 1964 (tracks 1–4) and August 7, 1964 (tracks 5–9)

Personnel

• Milt Jackson – vibes
• Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3–6, 8 & 9)
• Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith – guitar (tracks 5–9)
• Tommy Flanagan – piano (tracks 1–4)
• Richard Davis – bass
• Connie Kay – drums
• Joe E. Ross (track 6), Lillian Clark (tracks 5 and 8) – vocals

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-70 Impulse! Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 22, 2011