Willis Jackson - Legends Of Acid Jazz

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Willis Jackson
Legends Of Acid Jazz

Compil. 1998 on Prestige label
Jazz (Soul-Jazz, Smooth Jazz)

#1-6 originally released as "Blue Gator" (Prestige 7183); #7-12 as "Cookin' Sherry" (Prestige 7211). # 3 and 6 recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ; May 25, 1959. Other selections recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on November 9, 1959 (#5, 9); February 26, 1960 (#4, 8, 11); and August 16, 1960 (#1, 2, 7, 10, 12).

Musicians

	Willis Jackson ts, 1932-1987 US tenor saxophone, album by
	Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US bass
	Tommy Potter b, 1918-1988 US bass
	Wendell Marshall b, 1920-2002 US bass
	Buck Clarke cng, bgo, US congas
	Alvin Johnson dr, US drums
	Bill Elliot voc, dr, drums
	Bill Jennings g, *1919 US guitar
	Brother Jack McDuff org, 1926-2001 US organ

Producers

Jamie Putnam art direction

Gilles Margerin design

Rudy Van Gelder recorded by

Joe Tarantino remastered by

Esmond Edwards supervised by

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Duration
1	Blue Gator	Willis Jackson	9:12
2	Try A Little Tenderness	Willis Jackson	5:57
3	Gator's Tail	Willis Jackson	3:39
4	This Nearly Was Mine	Willis Jackson	4:31
5	East Breeze	Willis Jackson	10:01
6	She's Funny That Way	Willis Jackson	5:10
7	Mellow Blues	Willis Jackson	9:01
8	Sportin'	Willis Jackson	4:47
9	When I Fall In Love	Willis Jackson	4:02
10	Cookin' Sherry	Willis Jackson	8:14
11	Where Are You?	Willis Jackson	5:41
12	Contrasts	Willis Jackson	5:46

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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