Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet / Wizard of the Vibes (Blue Note, 1948) ****1/2 (***** für die Session mit Monk!)
Roll ‚em Bags (Savoy, 1948 & 1956) ****1/2 (1948: ****, 1956: *****)
Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956) **** (1956: *****)
Modern Jazz Quartet – Milt Jackson Quintet – MJQ (Prestige, 1952 & 1954) ****
Henri Renaud All Stars / Milt Jackson – Wizard of the Vibes / The Birdlanders Vols. 1 & 2 (Swing / Period, 1954) ****
Milt Jackson Quartet (Prestige, 1955) ***
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet (Prestige, 1955) ****
Milt Jackson/Frank Wess – Opus De Jazz (Savoy, 1955) ****
Ballads and Blues (Atlantic, 1956) **** (LT: ****1/2, Burns: ***, LA: ****
The Jazz Skyline (Savoy, 1956) *****
Jackson’s-Ville (Savoy, 1956) *****
Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957) ****1/2
Milt Jackson/Ray Charles – Soul Brothers (Atlantic, 1957) ****1/2
Milt Jackson/Ray Charles – Soul Meeting (Atlantic, 1957) ****1/2
Milt Jackson/Coleman Hawkins – Bean Bags (Atlantic, 1958) ****
Cannonball Adderley/Milt Jackson – Things Are Getting Better (Riverside, 1958) ****1/2
Bags‘ Opus (United Artists, 1958) ***1/2 (Tendenz zu ****)
Milt Jackson/John Coltrane – Bags and Trane (Atlantic, 1959) ***1/2 (Tendenz zu ****)
Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson – Very Tall (Verve, 1961) ****1/2
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside, 1961) ****1/2
Big Bags (Riverside, 1962) ***
Invitation (Riverside, 1962) ***1/2
Milt Jackson and Big Brass – For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963) ****
Ray Brown/Milt Jackson – Much in Common (Verve, 1964) ****
In a New Setting (Limelight, 1964) ****
Ray Brown/Milt Jackson (Verve, 1965) ****
At the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965) ***
Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson – Reunion Blues (MPS, 1971) ***1/2 (Tendenz zu ****)
Milt Jackson at the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo, 1976) ****
Milt Jackson at the Kosei Nenkin, Vol. 2 – Centerpiece (Pablo, 1976) ****
The Pablo All-Stars Jam – Montreux ’77 (Pablo, 1977) ***
Various: A Celebration of Duke (Pablo, 1979 & 1980 – Compilation) ****
Milt Jackson/Oscar Peterson/Ray Brown/Grady Tate – Ain’t But a Few of Us Left (Pablo, 1981) ***1/2
Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson – Two of the Few (Pablo, 1983) ****
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