title: Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
text: # Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet
  
  Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson accompanied by a string quartet arranged and conducted by Tom McIntosh that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The Allmusic review awarded the album three out of five stars.
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "You Got to Pay When the Deal Goes Down" (Tom McIntosh) - 3:28
  * "The Morning After" (Bernard Ebbinghouse) - 3:30
  * "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:29
  * "A Walkin' Thing" (Benny Carter) - 5:33
  * "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:37
  * "A Little Too Much" (Mike Appel, Don Henny) - 3:46
  * "Bags and Strings" (Milt Jackson) - 3:30
  * "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 4:13
  
     * Recorded on May 9, 1968 (track eight), June 3, 1968 (tracks four and seven) and June 17, 1968 (tracks one to three, five and six)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Milt Jackson – vibes
  * Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
  * James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
  * Sanford Allen - violin
  * Alfred Brown - viola
  * Sidney Edwards (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6), Ronald Lipscomb, Kermit Moore (tracks 4, 7 & 8) - cello
  * Cedar Walton - piano
  * Ron Carter (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Bob Cranshaw (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6) - bass
  * Mickey Roker (tracks 1-3, 5, 6 & 8), Grady Tate (tracks 4 & 7) - drums
  * Tom McIntosh - arranger, conductor
  