Memphis Jackson Explained

Memphis Jackson
Type:	Album
Artist:	Milt Jackson with the Ray Brown Big Band
Cover:	Memphis Jackson.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	October 9–10, 1969
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:53
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Ed Michel
Chronology:	Milt Jackson
Prev Title:	Just the Way It Had to Be
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Space
Next Year:	1969

Memphis Jackson is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances with the Ray Brown Big Band recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated

1. "Uh-Huh" (Ray Brown) - 3:48
2. "One Mint Julep (One Way)" (Rudy Toombs) - 2:33
3. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 3:30
4. "Memphis Junction" - 2:49
5. "Queen Mother Stomp" (Victor Feldman) - 6:30
6. "Braddock Breakdown" (Ray Brown) - 3:40
7. "A Sound for Sore Ears" (Jimmy Heath) - 3:02
8. "Enchanted Lady" - 5:06
9. "One Mint Julep (The Other Way)" (Toombs) - 2:44
10. "Picking Up the Vibrations (Ray Brown) - 4:11

• Recorded at Annex Recording Studios, Hollywood, California on October 9 (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 9 & 10) and October 10 (tracks 4, 5 & 8), 1969

Personnel

• Milt Jackson – vibes
• Al Aarons (tracks 4, 5 & 8), John Audino (tracks 1-3 & 9), Bud Brisbois (tracks 6, 7 & 10), Buddy Childers (tracks 1-3 & 9), Harry Edison (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 9 & 10), Ollie Mitchell (tracks 6, 7 & 10) - trumpet
  • Randy Aldcroft (tracks 1-3 & 9), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 6, 7 & 10) - trombone Kenny Shroyer - bass trombone (tracks 6, 7 & 10)
• John T. Johnson - tuba (tracks 1-3 & 9)
• Ernie Watts - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 9)
• Jim Horn - alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 9 & 10)
• Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone (tracks 4-8 & 10)
• John Lowe - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 9)
• Mike Melvoin - piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3, 6, 7, 9 & 10)
• Joe Sample - electric piano (tracks 4, 5 & 8)
• Howard Roberts (tracks 4, 5 & 8), Fred Robinson (tracks 4-8 & 10) - guitar
• Ray Brown - bass, conductor
• Wilton Felder - electric bass
  • Cubby O'Brien (tracks 6, 7 & 10), Paul Humphries (tracks 4, 5 8), Earl Palmer (tracks 1-3 & 9) - drums Victor Feldman - percussion (tracks 4, 5 & 8)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9193 Impulse! Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/memphis-jackson-r154756 Allmusic Review