''Statements'' is an album by jazz vibraphonist

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

, released in 1962 on

Impulse! Records Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques ...

. The CD reissue adds tracks 9–13 featuring a composition originally on an Impulse sampler as well as quintet recordings from 1964 also released on Jazz 'n' Samba.

Track listing

#"Statements" (Milt Jackson) – 5:28 #"Slowly" (Kermit Goell, David Raksin) – 3:02 #"Thrill from the Blues" (Jackson) – 5:42 #"Put Off" (Jackson) – 5:34 #"Sonnymoon for Two" (

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

) – 5:57 #"Bad and the Beautiful" (Raksin) – 3:07 #"Paris Blues" (

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

) – 2:54 #"Beautiful Romance" (Jackson) – 2:26 #"Blues for Juanita" (Jackson) – 5:38 #" I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington,

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United S ...

) – 2:38 #"Big George" (Jackson) – 4:43 #"Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) – 3:41 #"Anything I Do" ( Chester Conn, George Douglas) – 2:59

Personnel

– vibraphone *

Jimmy Heath James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. Biography Heath w ...

– tenor saxophone * Tommy Flanagan – piano *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...

– piano *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop er ...

– bass * Connie Kay – drums

Production

* Pete Turner – photography

References

{{Authority control Milt Jackson albums 1962 albums Impulse! Records albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio