Bags' Groove (composition)

"Bags' Groove" is a jazz composition by Milt Jackson. It was first recorded by

"Bags' Groove"
the Milt Jackson Quintet on April 7, 1952 for Blue Note Records, later released
on Wizard of the Vibes. Lou Donaldson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Kenny Instrumental by Miles Davis
Clarke were on that date. Next was the Mat Mathews quintet with Herbie Mann from the album Bags' Groove
(July 6, 1953), Bud Powell (September 1953), Mat Mathews again (September 1, Released 1957
1953), a bootleg version by the MJQ (October 31, 1953), the Lighthouse All-
Recorded 24 December 1954
Stars (February 25, 1954), bassist Buddy Banks' quartet (with Bob Dorough and
Roy Haynes in October 1954) and then Jay Jay Johnson & Kai Winding
Genre Jazz
(December 3, 1954). Length 11:12
Label Prestige
Perhaps the most famous recording was the one by Miles Davis's quintet in
1954. The recording was released on the 1957 album Bags' Groove. "Bags' Composer(s) Milt Jackson
Groove", along with "Oleo", "Doxy" and "Airegin" from the same album, has Bags' Groove track listing
become a jazz standard.[1]
1. "Bags' Groove"
The song was named for vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname "Bags".[2]
2. "Airegin"
3. "Oleo"
Personnel 4. "But Not for Me"
Miles Davis – trumpet 5. "Doxy"
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Thelonious Monk – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone

Notes
1. Bag's Groove (http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-3/bagsgroove.htm) at jazzstandards.com - retrieved
on 2 May 2009
2. Scott Yanow: Milt Jackson biography (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6795) at Allmusic - retrieved on 2 May
2009

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