{"id":3400,"date":"2017-02-13T00:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T07:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocc.org\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2017-02-13T00:23:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T07:23:08","slug":"song-of-the-day-milt-jackson-bags-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/2017\/02\/13\/song-of-the-day-milt-jackson-bags-groove\/","title":{"rendered":"SONG OF THE DAY: Milt Jackson- &#8220;Bag&#8217;s Groove&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Milt Jackson - Bags Groove\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3TMe98FJDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One of my favorite sounds in the world is that of the vibraphone, a lesser-known jazz percussion instrument. When I hear it I see* small, luminescent, neon green (a color I\u2019ve never seen in any other sound) orbs that tumble over each other like marbles and constantly swell and contract. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBag\u2019s Groove,\u201d composed by vibraphonist Milt Jackson and first recorded in 1952, is a 12-bar blues track with\u00a0a catchy head comprised of descending notes. It features lively solos by Milt Jackson, alto-saxist Lou Donaldson, and pianist John Lewis. I personally go for the first and less famous recording because it\u2019s concise, its pace is brisker, and (of course) because it has more vibraphone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the famous version, check out the Miles Davis Quintet\u2019s recording. This track feels cleaner and more spacious in contrast to the rushed vibe of the original recording, probably because it\u2019s eleven minutes long<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and has a more laid-back pace. And while Milt Jackson (who was part of the quintet) has a strong presence, it&#8217;s definitely more horn-heavy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">* <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Synesthesia\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Synesthesia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here&#8217;s a rough illustration of the song:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sitest.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/files\/2017\/02\/bagsgroovenew.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sitest.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/files\/2017\/02\/bagsgroovenew-300x264.png?resize=300%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; One of my favorite sounds in the world is that of the vibraphone, a lesser-known jazz percussion instrument. When I hear it I see* small, luminescent, neon green (a color I\u2019ve never seen in any other sound) orbs that tumble over each other like marbles and constantly swell and contract. \u201cBag\u2019s Groove,\u201d composed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":3408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-of-the"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa7fJU-SQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}