Savoy session · in the studio

October 28, 1955

Milt Jackson Quintet

This day's music is on 3 records: Opus De Jazz For Flute, Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums, The Jazz Hour, The Many Faces Of The Blues

In the room

Milt Jackson – vibes
Frank Wess – flute
Hank Jones – piano
Eddie Jones – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Savoy numbered its masters by the tune, and kept the takes: the figure after the dash is which take of that master it is.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
69054	Opus De Funk	MG 12036, MG 12126
69055	Opus Pocus	MG 12036
69056	You Leave Me Breathless	MG 12036
69057	Opus And Interlude	MG 12036, MG 12125

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Various Artists – Opus De Jazz For Flute, Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums (Savoy MG 12036)

MG 12036 · 1956Opus De Jazz For Flute, Vibes, Piano, Bass, DrumsVarious Artists

Various Artists – The Jazz Hour (Savoy MG 12126)

MG 12126 · 1958The Jazz HourVarious Artists

Various Artists – The Many Faces Of The Blues (Savoy MG 12125)

MG 12125 · 1958The Many Faces Of The BluesVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

4 of them 4 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 12006	Kenny Clarke	Kenny Clarke Sextet	1955	Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12022	Flutes & Reeds	Various Artists	1955	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 15053	The Kenny Clarke Sextet Vol. 2	Kenny Clarke Sextet	1955	Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12061	Meet Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson Septet	1956	Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke

3 of them 15 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
DLP-12	The Fabulous Thad Jones	Thad Jones Quintet	1954	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12037	Hank Jones Quartet-Quintet	Hank Jones Quartet-Quintet	1956	Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12053	The Trio With Guests, Trumpet, Flute, Tenor	Hank Jones, Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke	1956	Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12058	I Think Of You With Every Breath I Take	Marlene	1956	Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12070	The Jazz Skyline	Milt Jackson	1956	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12072	North, South, East, Wess Featuring Frank Wess	Frank Foster Septet	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12078	No 'Count	Frank Foster	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12085	Opus In Swing	Various Artists	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12086	Trombones	Various Artists	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12080	Jackson's-ville Featuring Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson Quintet	1957	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12102	Flute Suite By A.K. Salim	Frank Wess Quintet	1957	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones
DEB-127	Thad Jones	Thad Jones Quintet	1958	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12123	Jazz Is Busting Out All Over	Various Artists	1958	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones
LP 1294	Bags & Flutes	Milt Jackson With Frank Wess & Bobby Jaspar	1959	Milt Jackson, Frank Wess, Hank Jones
NJLP 8244	Another Opus	Lem Winchester	1960	Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones

2 of them 89 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7824	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra	1946	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
BLP 5011	Wizard Of The Vibes	Milt Jackson	1952	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PR 7749	The Modern Jazz Quartet · not on the site yet	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1952	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 9012	New Sounds In Modern Music	Various Artists	1952	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
PRLP 160	The Modern Jazz Quartet	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1953	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 183	Milt Jackson Quintet	The Milt Jackson Quintet	1954	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MGC-626	Count Basie Dance Session	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1954	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
PR 7650	Miles Davis All Stars · not on the site yet	Miles Davis All Stars	1954	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PR 7655	The Milt Jackson Quintet · not on the site yet	The Milt Jackson Quintet	1954	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 9036	Vibist	Cal Tjader	1954	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 170	The Modern Jazz Quartet (Volume 2)	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1955	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 196	Miles Davis All Stars Vol. 1	Miles Davis All Stars	1955	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 200	Miles Davis All Stars Vol. 2	Miles Davis All Stars	1955	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MGC-647	Count Basie Dance Session Album #2	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1955	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGC-666	Basie	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1955	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGC-678	Count Basie Swings-Joe Williams Sings	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1955	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGC-743	Metronome All-Stars 1956	George Wallington Solo	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
LP 1242	Ballads & Blues	Milt Jackson	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MGV-8012	April In Paris	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1956+	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MG 12015	Musician Of The Year	Eddie Bert	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12017	The Jazz Corner Of The Village Cafe Bohemia Featuring Kenny Clarke, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Nat Adderley, Julian "Cannon Ball" Adderley, Donald Byrd, Jerome Richardson	Kenny Clarke Septet	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12018	Presenting Cannonball	Julian "Cannon Ball" Adderley Quintet	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12019	Encore	Eddie Bert	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12020	Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	1955	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 12021	"That's Nat" Adderley	Nat Adderley Quintet	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12026	Howard McGhee And Milt Jackson	The Howard McGhee Sextet With Milt Jackson	1955	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
MG 15051	The Kenny Clarke Sextet	Kenny Clarke Sextet	1955	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 15059	The Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet Vol. 1	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 15060	The Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet Vol. 2	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1955	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MGC-724	King Of Swing	Count Basie	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
BLP 1509	Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet	Milt Jackson	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 7029	Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey And Kenny Drew	Sonny Rollins Quartet	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 7057	Django	MJQ	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 7059	MJQ	Modern Jazz Quartet, Milt Jackson Quintet	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
V-8783	Count Basie And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1956	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MG 12007	Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins	Ernie Wilkins - Kenny Clarke Septet	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12023	The Trio	Kenny Clarke, Wendell Marshall, Hank Jones	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12029	Montage	Various Artists	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12032	Byrd's Word	Donald Byrd Quintet	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12033	Deep In A Dream	The Guitar Of Al Caiola	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12042	Roll Em Bags	Kenny Clarke's Sextet With Milt Jackson	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 12044	Top Brass Featuring 5 Trumpets	Various Artists	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12046	The Quartet	Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke	1956	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MG 12054	Vibrations	Don Elliott, Cal Tjader	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12057	Serenade In Blue	Al Caiola	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12063	Joe Wilder 'N' Wilder...	Joe Wilder Quartet	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12073	Night People	Various Artists	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
MG 12087	Hank Jones Trio Plus The Flute Of Bobby Jaspar	Hank Jones Trio Plus The Flute Of Bobby Jaspar	1956	Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke
BCP-66	The Happy Jazz Of Osie Johnson	Osie Johnson And His Combos / Osie Johnson Octet	1957	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PRLP 7109	Bags Groove	Miles Davis	1957	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MGV-8207	Here Come The Swinging Bands	Various Artists	1957	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGV-8243	Count Basie With Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet And Roy Eldridge At Newport	Count Basie And His Orchestra With Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Jo Jones, Illinois Jacquet And Roy Eldridge At Newport	1957	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGV-8244	Count Basie & Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie & Mary Lou Williams At Newport	The Dizzy Gillespie Band At Newport	1957	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MG 12095	Jazz For Playboys	Various Artists	1957	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MG 12110	The Dizzy Gillespie Story	Ray Brown's All Stars / The Be Bop Boys	1957	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
MGV-8288	One O'Clock Jump	Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Joe Williams	1958	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
LP 1312	The Genius Of Ray Charles	Ray Charles With Ralph Burns' Orchestra	1959	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
PRLP 7150	Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants	Miles Davis All Stars	1959	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
MGV-8291	Hall Of Fame	Count Basie	1959	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGV-8320	Down Beat's Hall Of Fame Vol. 1	Various Artists	1959	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
MGV-8341	Special College Jazz Album: Complimentary Record	Various Artists	1959	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
LP 1316	Bean Bags	Milt Jackson, Coleman Hawkins	1960	Milt Jackson, Eddie Jones
A-2	Genius + Soul = Jazz	Ray Charles	1961	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
LP 1368	Bags & Trane	Milt Jackson & John Coltrane	1961	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
V-8407	The Essential Count Basie	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1961	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
A-14	Statements	Milt Jackson Quartet	1962	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
A-15	Count Basie And The Kansas City 7	Count Basie And The Kansas City 7	1962	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
RLP 409	ELVIN!	Elvin Jones & Company	1962	Frank Wess, Hank Jones
RLP 429	Big Bags	Milt Jackson Orchestra	1962	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
V-8505	The Essential Jazz Vocals	Various Artists	1963	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
V-8560	The Count Basie Band With Joe Williams And The Dizzy Gillespie Band At Newport	The Dizzy Gillespie Band At Newport	1963	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
A-99	The Definitive Jazz Scene Volume 1	Various Artists	1964	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
V-8580	Much In Common	Ray Brown/Milt Jackson	1964	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
V-8596	Verve's Choice!	The Best Of Count Basie	1964	Frank Wess, Eddie Jones
PR 7421	The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays For Lovers	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1965	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
PR 7425	The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays Jazz Classics	The Modern Jazz Quartet	1965	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
V-8615	Ray Brown/Milt Jackson	Ray Brown - Milt Jackson Orchestra	1965	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
RLP 478	For Someone I Love	Milt Jackson And Big Brass	1966	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke
RLP 495	Milt Jackson Quintet 'Live' At The Village Gate	Milt Jackson Quintet	1967	Milt Jackson, Hank Jones
V-8680	Blue Notes	Johnny Hodges	1967	Frank Wess, Hank Jones
V-8726	Don't Sleep In The Subway	Johnny Hodges	1967	Frank Wess, Hank Jones
A-9147	The Spirit Of '67 · not on the site yet	Pee Wee Russell And Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra	1972	Frank Wess, Hank Jones