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Milt Jackson

Sunflower

Pure Pleasure

PPAN CTI6024

LP Black $39
  • Stereo recording
  • 180 gram LP x 1 gatefold sleeve
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studios,December 12-13, 1972

Description

Recorded over two days in December of 1972 at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood, New Jersey home studio, vibraphonist Milt Jackson’s Sunflower is the first — and best — of his three albums for Creed Taylor’s CTI imprint. (And one of the finest offerings on the label.) With a core band consisting of Herbie Hancock (playing electric and acoustic piano), bassist Ron Carter, drummer Billy Cobham, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, drummer/percussionist Ralph McDonald, and guitarist Jay Berliner. A chamber orchestra exquisitely arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky adorns the session as well. Jackson’s “For Someone I Love,” opens the five-tune set, with Berliner playing solo flamenco guitar before the vibes, trumpet, and elements from the chamber orchestra delicately, impressionistically color the background.

It gradually moves into a languid, bluesy ballad that slowly gains in both texture and dynamic until the strings trill tensely. Hubbard and Hancock...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 For Someone I Love
  • 2 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
  • 3 People Make The World Go Round
  • 4 Sunflower