''Olinga'' is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1974 and released on the CTI label.Milt Jackson discography
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Reception

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "this set features vibraphonist Milt Jackson with some of his favorite musicians... The performances are pretty straight-ahead for CTI... Although Cedar Walton does not sound as formidable on electric piano as on acoustic and the other solos overall are a bit safe, this is a nice album".Yanow, S
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Track listing

All compositions by Milt Jackson except where noted # "Olinga" ( Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:47 # "Re-Rev" (Jimmy Heath, Jackson) - 6:08 # "The Metal Melter" (Heath, Jackson) - 6:19 # "The Steel Bender" - 5:27 # "Lost April" (

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, Hubert Spencer) - 4:35 # "I'm Not So Sure" (Cedar Walton) - 8:35 # "The Metal Melter" lternate take(Heath, Jackson) - 6:13 Bonus track on CD reissue # "The Steel Bender" lternate take- 5:10 Bonus track on CD reissue *Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 9 & 10, 1974

Personnel

* Milt Jackson – vibes *

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- soprano saxophone * Cedar Walton -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Ron Carter - bass *

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- drums *Arnold Black, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Irving Spice -

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

(tracks 1 & 5) *Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman -

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

(tracks 1 & 5) * Bob James - arranger, conductor (tracks 1 & 5)

References

{{Authority control CTI Records albums Milt Jackson albums Albums produced by Creed Taylor 1974 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio