Jazz 'n' Samba

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

Jazz 'n' Samba
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedAugust 6 & 7, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length33:31
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Milt Jackson chronology
The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
(1964)
Jazz 'n' Samba
(1964)
In a New Setting
(1964)

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

References

  1. Impulse! Records discography accessed March 22, 2011
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 22, 2011
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