Three months, three weeks, and five days after this concert, we lost Milt Jackson. He would be 100 years old if he were here with us on this first day of year 2023. I *dearly* wish that he were. Happy 100th birth anniversary, Bags! (wherever you are).
My husband Garry heard Milt w. Mike LeDonne & Mickey "The Stoker" Roker at Brooklyn Conservatory in 1998. It's a long way from Perth, Western Australia where we live but Garry studied briefly jazz vibes w. Joe Locke & Stefon Harris as well as jamming on guitar w. Peter Bernstein. Sadly for Garry he never heard Bobby live but has all his albums on CD & vinyl. Check him on Y/T w. Bob Sedergreen playing "Little B's Poem".
I can recall Bobby talking about how nervous the idea of playing with his original hero made him. A good friend of his, young Jackie McLean from Harlem, had that experience, on his very first studio invitation (by Miles Davis). As they were set to record, HIS Alto hero, Charlie Parker was sitting in the engineer's booth!
I am sure that at this stage in their careers the artists featured on this fabulous video recording appreciate the exposure and the effort to put this on the Web. Freeware exposure translates into increased sales. Nice and tight playing and just a pleasure to my ears. Mahalo! Dennis A. Rofoli Kenai, Alaska
Joey Defrancesco noted that Milt is to Charlie Parker and Bobby is to John Coltrane. This is vibes players heaven and both provide the template as to how to play jazz vibraphone - masters without peer.
fantastic to see the two great vibes players together. Milt died later that year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Jackson Bobby has passed on too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hutcherson
I saw the Milt Jackson Quartet in Chicago years ago at the Jazz Showcase. Sat in the front row about 5 feet from the stage. Milt, Ray Brown, Gene Harris, and Mickey Roker on drums. Man, they were swinging HARD. They are all stellar musicians.
@@bigswingface5847 : How lucky you are! _ They all are my fave musicians. They all were blues masters with tons of groove, which today’s musicians tend to lack.
@@jimtakahashi4638 Agreed! It was one of the best concerts I've ever seen - - - I've seen SO many of the Jazz Masters at the Jazz Showcase. Great memories from a bygone era, sadly.
