Jazz 'n' Samba

Jazz 'n' Samba
Studio album by Milt Jackson
Released	1964
Recorded	August 6 & 7, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:31
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Bob 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)

Jazz 'n' Samba is an album by American jazz vibraponist 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" (Vin'cius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 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) - 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 (track 8) - vocals

References