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Cookin' Sherry

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Released
  
1961

Label
  
Prestige PR 7211

Genre
  
Jazz

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Recorded
  
November 9, 1959 and February 26 & August 16, 1960

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Cookin' Sherry is an album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "Mellow Blues" (Willis Jackson, Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff) – 9:01
  2. "Sportin'" (Jackson, Jennings) – 4:47
  3. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:02
  4. "Cookin' Sherry" – 8:14
  5. "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:41
  6. "Contrasts" (Jimmy Dorsey) – 5:46

Note

  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 3), February 26, 1960 (tracks 2 & 5) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 1, 4 & 6)

    • Personnel

  • Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
  • Jack McDuff – organ
  • Bill Jennings – guitar
  • Milt Hinton (tracks 2 & 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) – bass
  • Bill Elliot (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Alvin Johnson (tracks 2, 3 & 5) – drums
  • Buck Clarke – congas (tracks 2 & 5)

    • Production

  • Esmond Edwards – supervision
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

    • References

    Cookin' Sherry Wikipedia
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