Album
Vermilion Sands

Opus de Jazz Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Kenny Clarke, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones

released: 1955
on label: Savoy
artist: Milt Jackson
genres: BebopHard Bop
with some: Cool Jazz
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The four selections (which unfortunately total under 34 minutes) are excellent, particularly a fun version of Horace Silver’s blues “Opus De Funk” in which vibraphonist Milt Jackson, flutist Frank Wess and pianist Hank Jones have a long trade-off. The quintet (which also includes bassist Eddie Jones and drummer Kenny Clarke) swings nicely throughout the three blues and lone ballad (“You Leave Me Breathless”). This is not essential, but it is enjoyable music.