Milt Jackson / It Don't Mean A Thing, If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

Vibraphonist Milt Jackson's recording career has been remarkably consistent, and his Pablo recordings of 1975-85 are uniformly excellent. This particular set features his 1984 quartet (a group consisting of pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Mickey Roker) performing four obscure group originals and three standards with swing, subtle creativity and soul. This CD is a good example of Milt Jackson's enjoyable music.

Milt Jackson It Don't Mean A Thing, If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It

1 Midnight Waltz 00:00 2 Ain't That Nothin' 05:06 3 Stress And Trauma 10:12 4 Used To Be Jackson 15:42 5 It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It 21:08 6 If I Were A Bell 28:20 7 Close Enough For Love 33:12 Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Mickey Roker Engineer – Bob Simpson Layout, Design – Norman Granz, Sheldon Marks Liner Notes – Norman Granz Photography By [Cedar Walton] – Tom Copi Photography By [Cover Photos, Mickey Roker] – Phil Stern Piano – Cedar Walton Producer – Milt Jackson, Ray Brown Vibraphone – Milt Jackson Recorded at RCA Studios, New York, New York, July, 1984