Ain't But a Few of Us Left

1981 studio album by Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson

Studio album by

Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson

Released

1981 (1981)

Recorded

November 30, 1981^[1]

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:40

Label

Pablo

Producer

Norman Granz

Milt Jackson chronology

Reunion at Budokan 1981
(1981)

Ain't But a Few of Us Left
(1981)

A London Bridge
(1982)

Oscar Peterson chronology

Nigerian Marketplace
(1981)

Ain't But a Few of Us Left
(1981)

Freedom Song
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Ain't But a Few of Us Left is an album by jazz musicians Milt Jackson and Oscar Peterson, released in 1981.

Track listing

"Ain't But a Few of Us Left" (Milt Jackson) – 7:26
"Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) – 5:59
"A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:57
"Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 5:56
"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 8:02
"What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 6:20

Personnel

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass^[4]
Grady Tate – drums^[4]

References

^ Yanow, Scott (December 19, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306083 – via Google Books.
^ Ain't But a Few of Us Left at AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755
^ ^a ^b Porter, Ross (November 19, 2008). The Essential Jazz Recordings: 101 CDs. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9781551992471 – via Google Books.

Milt Jackson

Studio albums

Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
Roll 'Em Bags (1949)
Meet Milt Jackson (1949)
Wizard of the Vibes (1952)
Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
Opus de Jazz (1956)
Ballads & Blues (1957)
The Jazz Skyline (1956)
Plenty, Plenty Soul (1957)
Bags & Flutes (1957)
Soul Brothers (1958)
Bean Bags (1959)
Bags' Opus (1959)
Bags & Trane (1960)
The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1960)
Soul Meeting (1961)
Vibrations (1961)
Very Tall (1961)
Statements (1961)
Bags Meets Wes! (1961)
Big Bags (1962)
Invitation (1962)
For Someone I Love (1962)
Much in Common (1964)
Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)
In a New Setting (1964)
Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
Born Free (1966)
Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968)
Memphis Jackson (1969)
Reunion Blues (1971)
Sunflower (1972)
Goodbye (1973)
Olinga (1974)
The Big 3 (1975)
Quadrant (1977)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (1981)
Two of the Few (1983)
Soul Route (1983)

Live albums

Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965)
That's the Way It Is (1969)
Just the Way It Had to Be (1969)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)

With others

Quintet/Sextet (1956)
Bags' Groove (1957)
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1959)
Bags & Trane (1961)

Modern Jazz Quartet

Oscar Peterson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.

As
leader
or
co-leader

Plays series	Duke Ellington (1952) George Gershwin (1952) Harold Arlen (1954) Count Basie (1955)
1955–58	In a Romantic Mood (with Russ Garcia, 1955) At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956) At the Concertgebouw (1957) Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman, 1957) Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957) My Fair Lady (1958) On the Town (1958) A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) The Jazz Soul (1959) Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959) Fiorello! (1960)
Plays the Songbook (1959)	Cole Porter Duke Ellington George Gershwin Harold Arlen Jerome Kern Richard Rodgers Porgy & Bess
The London House Sessions (1961)	Put On a Happy Face Something Warm The Sound of the Trio The Trio (Verve)
Trio & Guests	Very Tall (with Milt Jackson, 1961) Affinity (1962) Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962) Night Train (1962) West Side Story (1962) And Nelson Riddle (1963) Canadiana Suite (1964) Plays (1964) + One (with Clark Terry, 1964) We Get Requests (1964) Eloquence (1965) I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965) With Respect to Nat (1965) Blues Etude (1966) Soul Español (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)
Exclusively for My Friends	Action (1963–64) Girl Talk (1965–68) The Way I Really Play (1967) The Lost Tapes (1967–68) Mellow Mood (1968) My Favorite Instrument (1968) Travelin' On (1968)
1969–79	Hello Herbie (1969) Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969) Another Day (1970) Tracks (1970) Tristeza on Piano (1970) Walking the Line (1970) Great Connection (1971) In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971) Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971) In Tokyo (1972) Solo (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972) The trio (Pablo, 1973) In Russia (1974) The Giants (1974) The Good Life (1974) Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975) Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975) The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975) The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977) Jam – Montreux '77 (1977) The London Concert (1978) The Paris Concert (1978) Digital at Montreux (1979) Night Child (1979) Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings	Roy Eldridge (1974) Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Jousts (1974) Harry Edison (1974) Clark Terry (1975) Jon Faddis (1975) At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980) The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
1980–2004	Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Personal Touch (1980) A Royal Wedding Suite (1981) Nigerian Marketplace (1981) Face to Face (with Freddie Hubbard, 1982) Freedom Song (1982) A Tribute to My Friends (1983) If You Could See Me Now (1983) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (multiple groups, 1983) Two of the Few (with Milt Jackson, 1983) Live! (1986) Time After Time (1986) Live at the Blue Note (1990) Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1991) Last Call at the Blue Note (1992) Encore at the Blue Note (1993) Side by Side (with Itzhak Perlman, 1994) The More I See You (1995) An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996) Oscar in Paris (1996) Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore (1996) Oscar and Benny (with Benny Green, 1998) Summer Night in Munich (1998) Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) A Night in Vienna (2004)