Jazz
Hard Bop
Recorded: January 23, 1956
Lucky Thompson, tenor saxophone 1, 3-5
Milt Jackson, vibes 1-5
Hank Jones, piano
Wendell Marshall, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums
This session has interest as an example of Milt Jackson's mid-'50s work in a non-Modern Jazz Quartet context. And despite the many critical assertions that the vibist was restrained by pianist John Lewis' direction, his playing here revealed no marked changed. The overall feel of the group (Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Hank Jones, piano; Wendell Marshall; bass, Kenny Clarke, drums; Jackson, vibes), however, was somewhat more dynamic than that of The MJQ, as Clarke and Jones generally achieved a greater sense of forward momentum than Connie Kay or Lewis.
---Bob Rusch, Cadence, allmusic |
