Roll 'Em Bags Explained

Roll 'Em Bags
Type:	Album
Artist:	Milt Jackson
Cover:	Roll 'Em Bags.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	January 25, 1949 and January 5, 1956
Studio:	New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:21
Label:	Savoy MG 12042
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Milt Jackson
Prev Title:	Concorde
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Meet Milt Jackson
Next Year:	1956

Roll 'Em Bags is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jim Todd states: "Although not commonly viewed as a hard bop pioneer, the urbane, bluesy structures that distinguish Jackson's writing at this time, arguably, make him a trailblazer for the movement."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson, except as indicated

1. "Conglomeration" – 2:52
2. "Bruz" – 2:50
3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:55
4. "Roll 'Em Bags" – 2:39
5. "Faultless – 2:35
6. "Hey, Frenchy" (Ozzie Cadena) – 2:35
7. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:38
8. "Fred's Mood" – 6:26
9. "Wild Man" – 5:40

• Recorded in New York City on January 25, 1949 (tracks 1–6) and Van Gelder Studio, NJ on January 5, 1956 (tracks 7–9)

Personnel

• Milt Jackson – vibes, piano
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet (tracks 1–6)
• Julius Watkins – French horn (tracks 1–6)
• Billy Mitchell (tracks 1–6), Lucky Thompson (tracks 7–9) – tenor saxophone
• Wade Legge – piano (tracks 7–9)
• Wendell Marshall (tracks 7–9) Curly Russell (tracks 1–6) – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums
• Joe Harris – timbales (tracks 1–6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/milt-jackson/catalog/album-index/#savoy-mg-12042 Milt Jackson discography
2. Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed January 16, 2012