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Friday, April 2, 2021

Willis Jackson • Blue Gator



Seminal early work from Willis Jackson. Blue Gator is an early Prestige set from tenorist Willis – and just the kind of record that set him firmly in the soul jazz camp for the 60s! By the time of the set,culled from four sessions from '59 & '60, Jackson had already won plenty of fame for his R&B-tinged work – but here, he stretches out a bit more, and really gets creative on his solos – working with a very hip group that includes Jack McDuff on organ and Wild Bill Jennings on guitar – both players making a similar shift in their music at the time. The tracks are lively, recorded with a bold, loud tone, and have lots of those great open-mouthed tones from Jackson – quite possibly a good reason for his "Gator" nickname! Tracks include "Blue Gator", "East Breeze", "The Gator Jumps", and "Try A Little Tenderness". 
 
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Trabajo temprano seminal de Willis Jackson. Blue Gator es uno de los primeros discos de Prestige del tenorista Willis, ¡y el tipo de disco que lo colocó firmemente en el campo del soul jazz de los sesenta! Para el momento del set, seleccionado de cuatro sesiones de los '59 y '60, Jackson ya había ganado mucha fama por su trabajo con tintes de R&B, pero aquí, se estira un poco más y realmente se vuelve creativo en sus solos. trabajando con un grupo muy moderno que incluye a Jack McDuff en el órgano y Wild Bill Jennings en la guitarra; ambos músicos hicieron un cambio similar en su música en ese momento. Las pistas son animadas, grabadas con un tono fuerte y audaz, y tienen muchos de esos excelentes tonos con la boca abierta de Jackson, ¡posiblemente una buena razón para su apodo de "Gator"! Las pistas incluyen "Blue Gator", "East Breeze", "The Gator Jumps" y "Try A Little Tenderness".



Tracks
1. Blue Gator  [Jackson]
2. Try a Little Tenderness  [Campbell/Connelly/Woods]
3. Gator's Tail  [Jackson]  
4. This Nearly Was Mine  [Hammerstein/Rodgers]
5. East Breeze  [Edwards]
6. She's Funny That Way  [Moret/Whiting]

PRLP 7183 [also issued on Prestige PR 7850]

A) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 25, 1959
Willis Jackson (ts) Brother Jack McDuff (org) Bill Jennings (g) Tommy Potter (b) Alvin Johnson (d)

1775 Gator's Tail
1794 She's Funny That Way

B) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 9, 1959
Willis Jackson (ts) Brother Jack McDuff (org) Bill Jennings (g) Wendell Marshall (b) Alvin Johnson (d)

1913 East Breeze

C) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 26, 1960
Willis Jackson (ts) Brother Jack McDuff (org) Bill Jennings (g) Milt Hinton (b) Alvin Johnson (d) Buck Clarke (cga)

2036 This Nearly Was Mine

D) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 16, 1960
Willis Jackson (ts) Brother Jack McDuff (org) Bill Jennings (g) Wendell Marshall (b) Bill Elliot (d)

2404 Blue Gator
2405 Try A Little Tenderness









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