Invitation - Milt Jackson

 

The Sealer

Invitation 

Milt Jackson Sextet

Produced by Orrin Keepnews

Recording Engineer: Ray Fowler

Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Album Design: Ken Deardoff

Back Liner Notes: Steve Schaprio

Riverside Records are produced by Bill Grauer Productions, Inc.

Riverside RS 9446

1963

Personnel:

Mile Jackson - Vibraharp

Kenny Dorham - Trumpet (Dorhan does not play on Stella By Starlight)

Jimmy Heath - Tenor Sax

Tommy Flanagan - Piano

Ron Carter - Bass

Connie Kay - Drums

Virgil Jones - Trumpet, replaces Heath on Too Close For Comfort and Room-A-Loom

From the back cover: In Kenny Dorham and Jimmy Heath, Bags (Jackson) has two formidable front-line mates. Besides providing additional solo power, both have a hand in the scoring: Kenny on his own None Shall Wander, Jackson's The Sealer, and Invitation; Jimmy on the two songs concerned with Ruby. (Heath's tenor is replaced, on Too Close For Comfort and Room-A-Loom, by the trumpet of Virgil Jones, a Lionel Hampton sideman who shows an affinity for Miles Davis on the latter tune, where the second trumpet chorus is the only solo of the set.

Tommy Flanagan is a familiar figure in New York recording studios and for good reason. He and expert drummer Connie Kay were members of the fine quartet Jackson led at the Village Vanguard in 1962 when Connie and Milt had time off from their regular Modern Jazz Quartet assignments. Completing the excellent rhythm section is Ron Carter, one of the real, new stars on bass.

Invitation

Too Close For Comfort

Ruby My Dear

The Sealer

Room-A-Loom

Stella By Starlight

Ruby

None Shall Wander