With a series of mainstream dates to his credit dating back to the early 1950s—not to mention charter membership in the now-legendary Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) and one-offs with everyone from bop ...

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Kevin Whitehead reviews a newly released recording of the '80 Montreal concert in which Dizzy Gillespie is joined by jazz legends Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, James Moody and Philly Joe Jones.

Milt Jackson, a jazz vibraphonist who made the instrument sing like the human voice as a longtime member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, has died of liver cancer. He was 76. Jackson, one of the best ...

Jazz is broad and has variety. Jazz is a music form generally performed with an individual's own imaginations in a variety of configurations that suit their impulses. And with such components applied, ...

Soul Believer (Milt Jackson, Original Jazz Classics). Milt Jackson singing may be a gimmick, but it is a good one on this reissue of a 1978 Pablo recording. The elegant vibes player with the Modern ...

When you think jazz guitar, it's hard to look past the influence of Wes Montgomery. And when you consider great vibes players, well, Milt Jackson has to be right up there. So, what about when the two ...

Even if vibes player Milt Jackson had just played with The Modern Jazz Quartet and not embarked on a solo career, his place in jazz history would be secure. However, Jackson was much more than a vital ...

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Click to open image viewer. A black-and-white photograph of jazz percussionist Milt Jackson playing the vibraphone during a performance in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Jackson is photographed from the waist up ...