Milt Jackson - Big Mouth (1981)

Tracklist

01 - Big Mouth
02 - The Look of Love
03 - Bags' Grove
04 - I Love You
05 - The Days of Wine and Roses
06 - Yusef
07 - I'm Getting Sentimental over You
08 - I Owes Ya

personnel :

Milt Jackson - vibraphone
Edie Lehmann, Jackie Ward, Linda Harmon, Marti McCall - vocals
Dennis Budimir, Oscar Castro-Neves, Ron Eschete - guitar
Abraham Laboriel, Ray Brown - bass
Don Grusin, Michael Lang - keyboards
John Guerin, Nick Ceroli, Carlos Vega - drums
Roger Bethelmy, Joe Porcaro, Larry Bunker, Paulinho Da Costa - percussion

It is to vibraphonist Milt Jackson's credit that he is able to "overcome" his backing on this CD and play some typically swinging music. Jackson is joined by electric keyboards and electric bass on most selections in addition to a couple of Latin percussionists and as many as four singers. Yet even with the many studio musicians, Jackson's basic bebop approach is unchanged and the repertoire includes several standards (such as "Bags' Groove," "The Days of Wine and Roses" and "I'm Getting Sentimental over You") that he has performed a countless number of times ~ Scott Yanow