Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet explained

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
Type:	Album
Artist:	Milt Jackson
Cover:	Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	May 9 and June 3 & 17, 1968
Studio:	A&R Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:06
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Milt Jackson
Prev Title:	Under the Jasmin Tree
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	That's the Way It Is
Next Year:	1969

Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string quartet arranged and conducted by Tom McIntosh that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album three out of five stars.^[2]

Track listing

1. "You Got to Pay When the Deal Goes Down" (Tom McIntosh) - 3:28
2. "The Morning After" (Bernard Ebbinghouse) - 3:30
3. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:29
4. "A Walkin' Thing" (Benny Carter) - 5:33
5. "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:37
6. "A Little Too Much" (Mike Appel, Don Henny) - 3:46
7. "Bags and Strings" (Milt Jackson) - 3:30
8. "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 4:13

• Recorded on May 9, 1968 (track eight), June 3, 1968 (tracks four and seven) and June 17, 1968 (tracks one to three, five and six)

Personnel

• Milt Jackson – vibes
• Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
• James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
  • • • Sanford Allen - violin Alfred Brown - viola Sidney Edwards (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6), Ronald Lipscomb, Kermit Moore (tracks 4, 7 & 8) - cello Cedar Walton - piano
  • Ron Carter (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6) - bass Mickey Roker (tracks 1-3, 5, 6 & 8), Grady Tate (tracks 4 & 7) - drums
• Tom McIntosh - arranger, conductor

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/milt-jackson/catalog/#verve-v6-8761 Milt Jackson discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/milt-jackson-and-the-hip-string-quartet-r141304 Allmusic Review