Jazz 'n' Samba is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed March 22, 2011
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This is an odd LP. The first session is a conventional one... The flip side substitutes two guitars for Flanagan's piano and uses bossa nova rhythms in hopes of getting a hit".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 22, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated "Blues for Juanita" - 5:44 "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:42 "Big George" - 4:49 "Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) - 3:46 "Jazz 'n' Samba" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 2:14 "The Oo-Oo Bossa Nova" (Manny Albam) - 3:08 "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 4:39 "Kiss and Run" (Rene Dononcin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru, Ella Fitzgerald) - 3:28 "Jazz Bossa Nova" - 3:01 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 6, 1964 (tracks 1–4) and August 7, 1964 (tracks 5–9)
Personnel Milt Jackson – vibes Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3–6, 8 & 9) Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith – guitar (tracks 5–9) Tommy Flanagan – piano (tracks 1–4) Richard Davis – bass Connie Kay – drums Joe E. Ross (track 6), Lillian Clark (tracks 5 and 8) – vocals
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