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Milt Jackson, the Glossary

Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist.^[1]

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Afro-Cuban jazz

Afro-Cuban jazz is the earliest form of Latin jazz.

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Ain't But a Few of Us Left

Ain't But a Few of Us Left is an album by jazz musicians Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson, released in 1981.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entries and 20 million words, first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

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Apple Records

Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.

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Art Blakey

Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Milt Jackson and Art Blakey are African-American jazz musicians, blue Note Records artists, Impulse! Records artists, Riverside Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.

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Bags & Flutes

Bags & Flutes is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Bags & Trane

Bags & Trane is an album credited to jazz musicians Milt Jackson and John Coltrane, released in 1961 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1368.

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Bags Meets Wes!

Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 by Riverside.

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Bags' Groove

Bags' Groove (PRLP 7109) is a jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1957 by Prestige, compiling material from two 10" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes.

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Bags' Groove (composition)

"Bags' Groove" is a jazz composition by Milt Jackson.

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Bags' Opus

Bags' Opus is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the United Artists label.

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Ballads & Blues (Milt Jackson album)

Ballads & Blues is an album by the American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson of performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Bean Bags

Bean Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson and saxophonist Coleman Hawkins featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Milt Jackson and Benny Goodman are jazz musicians from New York (state).

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Berklee College of Music

The Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Big Bags

Big Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.

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Big Joe Turner

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. Milt Jackson and Big Joe Turner are Atlantic Records artists, Pablo Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group.

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Bluebird Records

Bluebird Records is an American record label best known for its low-cost releases, primarily of children's music, blues, jazz and swing in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Blues at Carnegie Hall

Blues at Carnegie Hall is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1966 at a benefit concert presented by The Manhattan School of Music and released on the Atlantic label.

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Blues on Bach

Blues on Bach is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded in 1973 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Born 2 B Blue

Born 2 B Blue is a studio album by Steve Miller, released in 1988 by Capitol Records.

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Born Free (Milt Jackson album)

Born Free is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1966 and released on the Limelight label.

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Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Milt Jackson and Cannonball Adderley are African-American jazz musicians, blue Note Records artists, Riverside Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader, and composer. Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker are 20th-century African-American musicians and Savoy Records artists.

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Cherry (Stanley Turrentine album)

Cherry is a 1972 album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Milt Jackson.

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Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. Milt Jackson and Chet Baker are CTI Records artists and Riverside Records artists.

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins are 20th-century African-American musicians, African-American jazz musicians, Impulse! Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Collaboration (Modern Jazz Quartet and Laurindo Almeida album)

Collaboration is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet with Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida featuring performances recorded at Webster Hall in 1964 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Concorde (album)

Concorde is an album by the Modern Jazz Quartet, recorded in New York on July 2, 1955, and first released that year as an LP, Prestige 7005, with liner notes by Ira Gitler.

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Connie Kay

Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer, who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Milt Jackson and Connie Kay are jazz musicians from New York (state) and Modern Jazz Quartet members.

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Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.

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Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975

Count Basie Jam Session at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975, also referred to as Basie Jam, is a live album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1976 and released by the Pablo label.

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CTI Records

CTI Records (Creed Taylor Incorporated) is a jazz record label founded in 1967 by Creed Taylor.

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Dear Ella

Dear Ella is a 1997 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year.

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Dedicated to Connie

Dedicated to Connie is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Slovenia in May 1960 and released in 1995 on the Atlantic label following drummer Connie Kay's death.

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. Milt Jackson and Dee Dee Bridgewater are African-American jazz musicians and jazz musicians from New York (state).

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Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions

Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions is a compilation album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on Gillespie's own Dee Gee Records label.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Milt Jackson and Dinah Washington are African-American jazz musicians.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. Milt Jackson and Dizzy Gillespie are 20th-century African-American musicians, CTI Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Dizzy Gillespie Jam

Dizzy Gillespie Jam is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977 and released on the Pablo label.

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Don Sebesky

Donald John Sebesky (December 10, 1937 – April 29, 2023) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz trombonist. Milt Jackson and Don Sebesky are CTI Records artists.

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Echoes (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

Echoes is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1984 and released on the Pablo label.

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European Concert

European Concert is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Sweden in April 1960 and originally released on two consecutive volumes on the Atlantic label.

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Feelings (Milt Jackson album)

Feelings is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string section that was recorded in 1976 and released by the Pablo label.

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Fontessa

Fontessa is a 1956 album by the Modern Jazz Quartet released on Atlantic Records.

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For Ellington

For Ellington is a tribute album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances of compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1988 and released on the East West label.

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For Lovers Only (The Temptations album)

For Lovers Only is a 1995 covers/pop standards album by The Temptations for the Motown label, something of a sequel to their 1967 album The Temptations in a Mellow Mood.

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For Someone I Love

For Someone I Love is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Melba Liston recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.

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Giant Box

Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

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Goodbye (Milt Jackson album)

Goodbye is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1973 (with one track from 1972) and released on the CTI label.

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Hank Mobley

Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. Milt Jackson and Hank Mobley are African-American jazz musicians, blue Note Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Hank Mobley and His All Stars

Hank Mobley and His All Stars is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, recorded on January 13, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.

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Hard bop

Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music.

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Howard McGhee

Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. Milt Jackson and Howard McGhee are blue Note Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson

Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson is an album by American jazz trumpeter Howard McGhee with vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1948 and released by the Savoy label in 1955 on a 12-inch LP.

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Hubert Laws

Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Milt Jackson and Hubert Laws are 20th-century African-American musicians, African-American jazz musicians and CTI Records artists.

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I/We Had a Ball

I/We Had a Ball is an album consisting of jazz versions of songs from Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman's musical I Had a Ball performed by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Chet Baker which was released by Limelight in 1965.

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Impulse! Records

Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. Milt Jackson and Impulse! Records are Impulse! Records artists.

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In a New Setting

In a New Setting is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring McCoy Tyner recorded in 1964 and released on the Limelight label.

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In Memoriam (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

In Memoriam is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded in 1973 and released on the Little David label.

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Invitation (Milt Jackson album)

Invitation is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson's Sextet featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.

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J. J. Johnson

J. J. Milt Jackson and J. J. Johnson are 20th-century African-American musicians, blue Note Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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Jackson's Ville

Jackson's Ville is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Savoy label.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jazz 'n' Samba

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

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Jazz Dialogue

Jazz Dialogue is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet with a big band featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Jazz Profiles

Jazz Profiles was an American radio show produced by NPR and hosted by jazz singer Nancy Wilson.

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Joe Pass

Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Joe Williams (jazz singer)

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. Milt Jackson and Joe Williams (jazz singer) are blue Note Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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John Collins (jazz guitarist)

John Elbert Collins (September 20, 1913 – October 4, 2001) was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of the Nat King Cole trio.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. Milt Jackson and John Coltrane are Atlantic Records artists, blue Note Records artists, deaths from liver cancer in New York (state), Impulse! Records artists, Pablo Records artists and Savoy Records artists.

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John Lewis (pianist)

John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Milt Jackson and John Lewis (pianist) are 20th-century African-American musicians and Modern Jazz Quartet members.

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Joshua Redman

Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Milt Jackson and Joshua Redman are 20th-century African-American musicians and African-American jazz musicians.

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Just the Way It Had to Be

Just the Way It Had to Be is a live album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1969 for the Impulse! label.

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Kenny Clarke

Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Milt Jackson and Kenny Clarke are 20th-century African-American musicians, African-American jazz musicians, blue Note Records artists, Modern Jazz Quartet members and Savoy Records artists.

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Laurindo Almeida

Laurindo Almeida (September 2, 1917 – July 26, 1995) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer in classical, jazz, and Latin music.

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Limelight Records

Limelight Records was a jazz record label and subsidiary of Mercury Records started in 1962.

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Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. Milt Jackson and Lionel Hampton are African-American jazz musicians, American jazz vibraphonists and jazz vibraphonists.

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Liver cancer

Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver.

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Lonely Woman (album)

Lonely Woman is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Mainstream jazz

Mainstream jazz is a term coined in the 1950s by music journalist Stanley Dance, who considered anything within the popular jazz of the Swing Era "mainstream",McRae, Barry.

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Meet Milt Jackson

Meet Milt Jackson is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded between 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.

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Mellow Mama

Mellow Mama is an album by the American jazz vocalist Dinah Washington, compiling her early recordings from 1945 with Lucky Thompson and His All Stars that were originally issued by Apollo Records.

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Memphis Jackson

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.

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Mickey Roker

Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer. Milt Jackson and Mickey Roker are African-American jazz musicians and Modern Jazz Quartet members.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Milt Jackson and Miles Davis are Savoy Records artists and Warner Records artists.

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Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants

Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (PRLP 7150) is an album by Miles Davis, released on Prestige Records in 1959.

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Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet

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.

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Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet

Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson, recorded on July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951 and April 7, 1952 and released on Blue Note in 1956.

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Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art is a live album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1965 at the Museum of Modern Art and released on the Limelight label.

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Milt Jackson Quartet

Milt Jackson Quartet (also released as Soul Pioneers) is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.

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Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate

Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate is a live album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring Jimmy Heath recorded in 1963 at The Village Gate and released on the Riverside label.

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MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration

MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in New York City, Los Angeles and at the Montreux Jazz Festival with guest artists including Bobby McFerrin, Take 6, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Illinois Jacquet, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Branford Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Freddie Hubbard and Nino Tempo and released on the Atlantic label.

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Modal jazz

Modal jazz is jazz that makes use of musical modes, often modulating among them to accompany the chords instead of relying on one tonal center used across the piece.

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Modern Jazz Quartet

The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop. Milt Jackson and Modern Jazz Quartet are Atlantic Records artists.

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MPS Records

MPS Records was a German jazz record company and label founded in 1968 by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer.

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Much in Common

Much in Common is an album by bassist Ray Brown and vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1964 and released on the Verve label.

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Music from Odds Against Tomorrow

Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (also released as Patterns) is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring interpretations of the soundtrack score for the 1959 motion picture Odds Against Tomorrow.

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Musician, Composer, Raconteur

Musician, composer, Raconteur is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981 and released on the Pablo label.

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Nat Hentoff

Nathan Irving Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Norman Granz

Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Olinga (album)

Olinga is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1974 and released on the CTI label.

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Opus de Jazz

Opus de Jazz (subtitled A Hi-Fi Recording for Flute, Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums) is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1955 and released on the Savoy label.

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Original Jazz Classics

Original Jazz Classics (or OJC) is a record label that was founded in 1983 as an imprint of Fantasy Records.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson are Oscar Peterson Trio members and Pablo Records artists.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Pablo Records

Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his earlier catalog (including Verve Records) to MGM Records.

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Palcoscenico Records

Palcoscenico Records was a short-lived Italian jazz record label.

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Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. Milt Jackson and Paul Desmond are CTI Records artists.

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Percy Heath

Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Milt Jackson and Percy Heath are Modern Jazz Quartet members.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Pickwick Records

Pickwick Records was an American record label and British record distributor known for its budget album releases of sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and repackagings under the brands Design, Bravo (later changing its name to International Award), Hurrah, Grand Prix, and children's records on the Cricket and Happy Time labels.

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Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)

Place Vendôme (released as Encounter in the U.S.) is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet.

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Plastic Dreams (album)

Plastic Dreams is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet, augmented by a brass section on three tracks, recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Plenty, Plenty Soul

Plenty, Plenty Soul is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Post-bop

Post-bop is a jazz term with several possible definitions and usages.

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Prestige Records

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms.

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Pyramid (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1959-60 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Quadrant (album)

Quadrant is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and vibraphonist Milt Jackson that was released in 1977.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. Milt Jackson and Quincy Jones are CTI Records artists.

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Quintet/Sextet

Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet, also known as Quintet/Sextet is a studio album by the trumpeter Miles Davis and vibraphonist Milt Jackson released by Prestige Records in August 1956.

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Qwest Records

Qwest Records was an American record label run by Quincy Jones.

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Ray Brown (musician)

Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. Milt Jackson and Ray Brown (musician) are 20th-century African-American musicians, African-American jazz musicians and Oscar Peterson Trio members.

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Ray Brown / Milt Jackson

Ray Brown / Milt Jackson is an album by bassist Ray Brown and vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Milt Jackson and Ray Charles are Atlantic Records artists.

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Reunion at Budokan 1981

Reunion at Budokan 1981 is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at their reunion concert at the Nippon Budokan in 1981 and released on the Pablo label.

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Reunion Blues

Reunion Blues is a 1971 album by Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson.

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Riverside Records

Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Milt Jackson and Riverside Records are Riverside Records artists.

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Roll 'Em Bags

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.

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Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club is a jazz club that has operated in Soho, London, since 1959.

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Roy Eldridge

David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. Milt Jackson and Roy Eldridge are 20th-century African-American musicians, African-American jazz musicians and jazz musicians from New York (state).

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Roy McCurdy

Roy McCurdy (born November 28, 1936) is a jazz drummer. Milt Jackson and Roy McCurdy are jazz musicians from New York (state).

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Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Milt Jackson and Sonny Stitt are Atlantic Records artists and Impulse! Records artists.

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Soul Brothers

Soul Brothers is the third album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh album by Milt Jackson and released by Atlantic Records in 1958.

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Soul Meeting

Soul Meeting is a 1961 Atlantic Records album of recordings made by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson in 1957.

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Space (Modern Jazz Quartet album)

Space is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Apple label.

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Stanley Turrentine

Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Milt Jackson and Stanley Turrentine are 20th-century African-American musicians, blue Note Records artists, CTI Records artists and Impulse! Records artists.

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Statements (album)

Statements is an album by jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson, released in 1962 on Impulse! Records.

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Steve Miller (musician)

Steven Haworth Miller (born October 5, 1943)Justin Kern.

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Sunflower (Milt Jackson album)

Sunflower is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1972 and released on the CTI label.

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Telarc International Corporation

Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods.

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Telefunken Blues

Telefunken Blues is an album led by jazz drummer Kenny Clarke recorded in late 1954 and early 1955 and first released on the Savoy label.

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That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson album)

That's the Way It Is is a live album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded at Shelly's Manne Hole in 1969 for the Impulse! label.

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The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson

The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Big 3 (Milt Jackson album)

The Big 3 is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson, guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Ray Brown recorded in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.

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The Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

The Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra is a big band led by Jeff Hamilton and brothers John Clayton and Jeff Clayton.

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The Comedy (album)

The Comedy is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1960 and 1962 and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Complete Last Concert

The Complete Last Concert is a double CD live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at Avery Fisher Hall in 1974 and released on the Atlantic label originally as a double album The Last Concert (1975) and More from the Last Concert (1981) before the complete edition was released in 1988.

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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

The Complete RCA Victor Recordings is a 1995 compilation 2-CD set of sessions led by Jazz trumpeter and composer Dizzy Gillespie recorded for the RCA Victor label between 1937 and 1949.

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The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7

The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (also released as Dizzy) is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.

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The Jazz Skyline

The Jazz Skyline is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Savoy label.

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The King (Benny Carter album)

The King is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Carter recorded in 1976 and released by the Pablo label.

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The Legendary Profile

The Legendary Profile is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded in 1972 and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Milt Jackson Big 4

The Milt Jackson Big 4 is a live album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring pianist Oscar Peterson recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1975 and released on the Pablo label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra

The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in West Germany in 1960 with an Orchestra and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet (album)

The Modern Jazz Quartet is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House

The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1957 and released as a split album on the Verve label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn

The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1956, with guest artist Jimmy Giuffre appearing on three numbers, and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2

The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1958, with guest artist Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers, and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is an album by the American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet performing the score to George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess recorded in 1964-65 and released on the Atlantic label.

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The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (originally titled The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows: Original Film Score for "No Sun in Venice") is a soundtrack album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1957 for Roger Vadim's No Sun in Venice and released on the Atlantic label.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Swingles

The Swingles are an a capella vocal group.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s to mid 1970s. Milt Jackson and the Temptations are Atlantic Records artists.

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Milt Jackson and Thelonious Monk are 20th-century African-American musicians, blue Note Records artists, jazz musicians from New York (state) and Riverside Records artists.

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References

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