Bean Bags

Milt Jackson, Coleman Hawkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B00000G4SK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Coleman Hawkins has been called the first truly great saxophonist, in jazz or otherwise. And Milt Jackson, who elected to play for decades in the collective Modern Jazz Quartet rather than pursue a mainly solo career, is certainly the first great vibraphonist in jazz. Jackson learned from pioneer Lionel Hampton but developed a harmonic approach to his instrument that sparkled and resonated as warmly as either tuned drums or a piano. As coleaders of this 1959 session, reissued here in exactly the shape of the original LP, Hawkins and Coleman reveal their elegant immersion in slow tempos and blues structures. They bounce smoldering ideas off each other ("Close Your Eyes") and play to their individual strengths on the two Jackson-penned blues, with Hawkins playing breathy shadows and then leaping registers and Hawkins letting the vibes sing with controlled sustain and all the complex art of slowed bebop. The rest of the band is notable, too: bassist Eddie Jones and MJQ drummer Connie Kay work with young guitarist Kenny Burrell and pianist Tommy Flanagan to merge harmony and rhythm wonderfully. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Jazz great on one CD: Bean Bags and Bags' Opus (both originally released in 1959). Includes 12 page booklet. Phoenix. 2011. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Did It Again!, January 22, 2000

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oliver taylor (Los Angeles,Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bean Bags (Audio CD)

What a listening experience.Bags without a doubt is the "Absolute Truth" on the vibes,and Coleman is right there with him.My favorite jazz album of all time is "Opus De Jazz" by Milt,but this one is righ up there with it.The eloquence of their playing is just great.Especially loved the selection Close Your Eyes.It showcased both their talents to the utmost.Just great.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clever Title...., October 3, 2002

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Robert J. Ament "papacoolbreeze" (Ballwin, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bean Bags (Audio CD)

with Bean being Hawkins' nickname as Bags was for Jackson. More importantly that this '59 effort, now on cd, features two legends on their respective instruments and with a supporting cast who may be arguably legends as well.

Fittingly, there are two ballads in the set as both Jackson and Hawkins had romanticism in their souls (who will ever forget Hawkins' recording of "Body and Soul"?). They both romp through the Hawkins' original, "Stuffy", and the standard "Get Happy". The set concludes with two Jackson original blues, one slow with the other a medium tempo, on which everyone gets their chops.

A very listenable and enjoyable set!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1.000 stars, November 1, 1999

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mason williams (bloomington, in USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bean Bags (Audio CD)

with over 1,500 cds in my collection , mostly jazz . this recording by milt and coleman tops the list . passing miles davis bitches brew and kind of blue , beyond my kenny burrells (featured here) and gabor szabos ... past even coletrane and my main man mingus . this record is so smooth , so groovy that i'm gonna have a real hard time even buying any thing else . what would compare ? mor milt i suppose , color me addicted .