Bags' Opus

Bags' Opus
Bags' Opus
Studio album by Milt Jackson
Released	1959
Recorded	December 28 & 29, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:18
Label	United Artists
Producer	Jack Lewis
Milt Jackson chronology

Bags' Opus is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the United Artists label.^[2]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, calling it "A successful outing by some of the greats."^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated

"Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:28
"Blues for Diahann" - 7:25
"Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) - 6:02
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 5:55
"Thinking of You" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) - 4:23
"Whisper Not" (Golson) - 6:16

- Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on December 28 & 29, 1958

Personnel[]

Milt Jackson – vibes
Art Farmer - trumpet
Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Connie Kay - drums

References[]

^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ Milt Jackson discography accessed January 17, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 17, 2012

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[1] Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.

[Milt_Jackson_discography-2] Milt Jackson discography accessed January 17, 2012

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 17, 2012

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Studio albums	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Roll 'Em Bags (1949) Meet Milt Jackson (1949) Wizard of the Vibes (1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Opus de Jazz (1956) Ballads & Blues (1957) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Plenty, Plenty Soul (1957) Bags & Flutes (1957) Soul Brothers (1958) Bean Bags (1959) Bags' Opus (1959) Bags & Trane (1960) The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1960) Soul Meeting (1961) Vibrations (1961) Very Tall (1961) Statements (1961) Bags Meets Wes! (1961) Big Bags (1962) Invitation (1962) For Someone I Love (1962) Much in Common (1964) Jazz 'n' Samba (1964) In a New Setting (1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Memphis Jackson (1969) Reunion Blues (1971) Sunflower (1972) Goodbye (1973) Olinga (1974) The Big 3 (1975) Quadrant (1977) Ain't But a Few of Us Left (1981) Two of the Few (1983) (1983)
Live albums	Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) That's the Way It Is (1969) Just the Way It Had to Be (1969) The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Related	Modern Jazz Quartet

show v t Tommy Flanagan
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Overseas (1957) Lonely Town (1959) The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960) Solo Piano (1974) The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975) Trinity (1976) Alone Too Long (1977) Confirmation (1977–78) Eclypso (1977) Montreux '77 (1977) Ballads & Blues (1978) More Delights (1978) Our Delights (1978) Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978) The Super Jazz Trio (1978) Together (and Kenny Barron, 1978) Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978) Something Tasty (1979) Super-Session (1980) The Standard (1980) You're Me (1980) ...And a Little Pleasure (1981) The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981) Giant Steps (1982) Thelonica (1982) The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard, 1982) Blues in the Closet (1983) I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones, 1983) The Master Trio (and Ron Carter, Tony Williams, 1983) Nights at the Vanguard (1986) Jazz Poet (1989) Beyond the Blue Bird (1990) Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993) Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993) Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993) Sea Changes (1996) Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)
With Pepper Adams	Motor City Scene (1960) Encounter! (1968) The Master (1980) The Adams Effect (1985)
With Kenny Burrell	Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956) Swingin' (1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956) All Day Long (1957) Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Weaver of Dreams (1960–61) Bluesy Burrell (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
With John Coltrane	The Cats (no leader,1957) Jazz Way Out (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Mainstream 1958 (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Tanganyika Strut (Wilbur Harden, 1958) Giant Steps (Coltrane, 1959)
With Art Farmer	Art (1960) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964) Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)
With Ella Fitzgerald	Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964) Ella in Hamburg (1965) Sunshine of Your Love (1968) Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1969) Ella in Budapest (1970) Ella à Nice (1971) Ella Loves Cole (1972) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972) Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) Ella in London (1974) Fine and Mellow (1974) Montreux '75 (1975) Montreux '77 (1977)
With Curtis Fuller	Jazz ...It's Magic! (1957) Blues-ette (1959) Sliding Easy (1959) South American Cookin' (1961)
With Coleman Hawkins	At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960) Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960) Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Back in Bean's Bag (1962) Desafinado (1962) Good Old Broadway (1962) Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962) Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962) Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962) The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962) Today and Now (1962)
With Milt Jackson	Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags' Opus (1958) Bean Bags (1958) Vibrations (1960–61) Invitation (1962) Statements (1961) Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Blue Trombone (1957) Dial J. J. 5 (1957) First Place (1957) J. J. in Person! (1958) Pinnacles (1979)
With Sonny Rollins	Saxophone Colossus (1956) There Will Never Be Another You (1965) Falling in Love with Jazz (1989) Old Flames (1993) Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)
With others	Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti, 1985) Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons, 1960) Big Brass (Benny Bailey, 1960) Bash! (Dave Bailey, 1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton, 1962) Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd, 1957) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman, 1991) Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968) Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976) Collectors' Items (Miles Davis, 1956) Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham, 1959) The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976]) Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar, 1978) Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1960) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960) The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964) Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow, 1981) The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975) Gettin' with It (Benny Golson, 1959) Free (Benny Golson, 1962) The Panther! (Dexter Gordon, 1970) The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958) Grey's Mood (Al Grey, 1973–75) It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, 1962) Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960) New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985) Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson, released 1997) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson, 1991) Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962) Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1962) Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson, 1960) Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones, 1980) Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958) Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956) Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57) A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red, 1961) The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) Booker Little (1960) Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer, 1985) Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957) Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus, 1960) De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell, 1980) Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61) The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, 1962) Jive at Five (Joe Newman, 1960) Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster, 1960) Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961) Straight Life (Art Pepper, 1979) The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956) Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960) Wisteria (Jimmy Raney, 1985) Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell, 1960) Stable Mates (A. K. Salim, 1957) Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith, 1958) Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957) Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960) Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965) Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960) ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine, 1961) The Frank Wess Quartet (1960) Southern Comfort (Frank Wess, 1962) California Soul (Gerald Wilson, 1968) Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956) Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)
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