{"product_id":"milt-jackson-sunflower-vinyl","title":"Sunflower [Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded over two days in December of 1972 at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood, New Jersey home studio, vibraphonist Milt Jackson’s Sunflower is the first — and best — of his three albums for Creed Taylor’s \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCTI\u003c\/span\u003e imprint. (And one of the finest offerings on the label.) With a core band consisting of Herbie Hancock (playing electric and acoustic piano), bassist Ron Carter, drummer Billy Cobham, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, drummer\/percussionist Ralph McDonald, and guitarist Jay Berliner. A chamber orchestra exquisitely arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky adorns the session as well. Jackson’s “For Someone I Love,” opens the five-tune set, with Berliner playing solo flamenco guitar before the vibes, trumpet, and elements from the chamber orchestra delicately, impressionistically color the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt gradually moves into a languid, bluesy ballad that slowly gains in both texture and dynamic until the strings trill tensely. Hubbard and Hancock engage them in solos that gently swing out the tune. The reading of Michel Legrand’s “What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life” is a gorgeous showcase for Jackson; his solo dominates the arrangement. Carter gets downright funky on his upright to introduce Thom Bell’s “People Make the World Go Round,” and Hancock follows him on Rhodes. Jackson takes the melody, striking a layered contrast as Hubbard slips around all three playing an extension of the melody with requisite taste, fluidity, and taut phrasing. Hancock gets funky to the bone in his brief solo, as the vibes soar around and through his phrases. The title track is a Hubbard composition that floats and hovers with a Latin backbeat before shifting tempos as the solos begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe expanded harmonic palette of trumpet with the reeds, woodwinds, and strings on the melody add an exotic textural palette for his solo. Jackson’s “\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eSKJ\u003c\/span\u003e” closes the set with an old-school, swinging hard bop blues with barely detectable embellishments by Sebesky. While Sunflower sometimes feels more like a group session rather than a Jackson-led one, that’s part of its exquisite beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThom Jurek\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eStereo recording\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e180 gram LP x 1 gatefold sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRecorded at Van Gelder Studios,December 12-13, 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e PPAN CTI6024 -Artist-Milt Jackson\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Milt Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44303787688134,"sku":"K54FU7-2IA2-X0","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/8085\/0374\/files\/milt-jackson-sunflower_3kaBL.jpg?v=1759807705","url":"https:\/\/paladinvinyl.com\/es\/products\/milt-jackson-sunflower-vinyl","provider":"Paladin Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}