''That's the Way It Is'' is a live album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded at Shelly's Manne Hole in 1969 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography
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Reception

The

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review awarded the album 3 stars.".Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# " Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) - 6:43 # " Here's That Rainy Day" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:45 # "Wheelin' and Dealin'" (

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and the ...

) - 4:32 # "Blues In Bassment" ( Ray Brown) - 7:15 # "

Tenderly "Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Written in the key of E as a waltz in time, it has since been performed in 4/4 and has become a popular jazz standard. Notable versions have ...

" ( Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 8:44 # "That's The Way It Is" (

Monty Alexander Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis ...

) - 7:22 :*Recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, California on August 1 & 2, 1969

Personnel

* Milt Jackson – vibes *

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

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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 ...

* Ray Brown – bass *

Dick Berk Richard Alan Berk (May 22, 1939 – February 8, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Career A native of San Francisco, California, he studied at the Berklee College of Music and played in the Boston area early in the 1960s. In 1 ...

– drums

References

Impulse! Records live albums Milt Jackson albums 1969 live albums Albums recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole {{1960s-jazz-album-stub