Really Groovin'
1961 studio album by Willis Jackson
Really Groovin' | ||||
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Studio album by Willis Jackson | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | January 10 & April 11, 1961 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7196 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
Willis Jackson chronology | ||||
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Really Groovin' is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "A fine, soulful jazz date, mostly slow blues and ballads, from one of the kings of honky-tonk saxophone. Jackson's smooth, Ben Webster-ish tenor playing is seldom surprising, but always satisfying".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.
- "Careless Love" (W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams) – 4:13
- "Oatmeal" (Johnny Griffin) – 4:25
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:48
- "A Twist of Blues" – 5:40
- "Sweet Peter Charleston" (Griffin) – 6:51
- "Again" (Lionel Newman, Dorcas Cochran) – 4:05
- "He Said, She Said, I Said" – 3:52
- "Girl Of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 6:40
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1961 (tracks 1–7), and April 11, 1961 (track 8)
Personnel
- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Neeley (tracks 1–7), Richard Wyands (track 8) – piano
- Wendell Marshall (tracks 1–7), Peck Morrison (track 8) – bass
- Gus Johnson (tracks 1–7), Mickey Roker (track 8) – drums
- Juan Amalbert – congas (tracks 1–7)
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed February 19, 2013
- ^ a b Roberts, J. Allmusic listing accessed February 19, 2013
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Willis Jackson
- Please Mr. Jackson (1959)
- Cool "Gator" (1959)
- Blue Gator (1959)
- Cookin' Sherry (1961)
- Really Groovin' (1961)
- In My Solitude (1961)
- Thunderbird (1962)
- Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail (1962)
- Bossa Nova Plus (1962)
- Neapolitan Nights (1962)
- Loose... (1963)
- Grease 'n' Gravy (1963)
- The Good Life (1963)
- More Gravy (1963)
- Boss Shoutin' (1964)
- 'Gator Tails (1964)
- Together Again! (1965)
- Smoking with Willis (1965)
- Together Again, Again (1966)
- Soul Grabber (1967)
- Star Bag (1968)
- Swivelhips (1968)
- Gator's Groove (1968)
- Gatorade (1971)
- West Africa (1973)
- In the Alley (1976)
- The Gator Horn (1977)
- Bar Wars (1977)
- Single Action (1978)
- Nothing Butt... (1983)
- Jackson's Action! (1964)
- Live! Action (1966)
- Soul Night/Live! (1966)
- Tell It... (1967)
- Headed and Gutted (1974)