Milton (Milt) Jackson (Detroit (Michigan), 1923 – January 1, Manhattan (New York), October 9, 1999) was a legendary American jazzvibraphonist, who-with the Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the longest surviving bands in the history of jazz. The popularity of this Quartet of musicians was, according to Jackson, primarily due to the way improvised was on classical music, which led to a combination of classical with jazz and pop.