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Cool "Gator"

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Released
  
1960

Artist
  
Willis Jackson

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Cool "Gator" (1959-60)
  
Blue Gator (1959-60)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Prestige Records

Cool

Recorded
  
May 25 and November 9, 1959 and February 26, 1960

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
Willis Jackson albums, Jazz albums

Cool gator willis jackson jack mcduff bill jennings


Cool "Gator" (also released as Keep on a Blowin') is the second album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring organist Jack McDuff and guitarist Bill Jennings which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Enjoyable and accessible music that swings and contains its share of soul".

Track listing

  1. "Keep on a' Blowin'" (Willis Jackson, Jack McDuff) – 10:24
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 4:04
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:30
  4. "Blue Strollin'" (Jackson) – 7:45
  5. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:13
  6. "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman) – 5:24

Personnel

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

    • References

    Cool "Gator" Wikipedia
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