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Released
  
1968

Bottoms Up (1968)
  
The King! (1968)

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
33:46

Artist
  
Illinois Jacquet

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 26, 1968 New York City

Illinois Jacquet albums
  
Bosses of the Ballad, The Message, The King!, Spectrum

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Bottoms Up is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Even in 1968 when the jazz avant-garde was becoming quite influential, tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet played in his own timeless style, performing in an idiom little changed during the previous 20 years".

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except where noted.

  1. "Bottoms Up" – 3:21
  2. "Port of Rico" – 4:12
  3. "You Left Me All Alone" – 3:51
  4. "Sassy" (Milt Buckner) – 5:41
  5. "Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy" (Bill Doggett, Illinois Jacquet) – 5:40
  6. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:12
  7. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 5:28
  8. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:09

Personnel

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums

    • References

    Bottoms Up (Illinois Jacquet album) Wikipedia
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