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In the Alley

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Released
  
1977

Artist
  
Willis Jackson

Label
  
Muse Records

Genre
  
Jazz

In the Alley (1976)
  
The Gator Horn (1977)

Release date
  
1977

Producer
  
Fred Seibert

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Recorded
  
1976 Dimensional Sounds Studio, New York City

Similar
  
The Gator Horn, Headed and Gutted, Bar Wars, Gator's Groove, West Africa

In the Alley is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Muse label.

Contents

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow calls the album a "typical but often exciting outing" and states "The music includes blues, romps, a ballad, and funky vamps".

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except as indicated

  1. "Niamani" (Sonny Phillips) - 7:25
  2. "Gator's Groove" (Yusef Ali) - 7:07
  3. "Blues Blues Blues" - 5:09
  4. "Young Man With a Horn" (Ray Anthony) - 5:58
  5. "More" (Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) - 7:45
  6. "In the Alley" - 9:14

Personnel

  • Willis Jackson - tenor saxophone
  • Sonny Phillips - piano
  • Carl Wilson - organ
  • Jimmy Ponder - guitar
  • Jimmy Lewis - bass
  • Yusef Ali - drums
  • Buddy Caldwell – congas, percussion
  • Songs

    1Niamani7:25
    2Gator's Groove7:07
    3Blues - Blues - Blues5:09

    References

    In the Alley Wikipedia