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Jessica (Gerald Wilson album)

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Released
  
1983

Producer
  
Albert Marx

Artist
  
Gerald Wilson

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Trend TR-531

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Release date
  
1983

Recorded
  
November 29 and December 6, 1982

Studio
  
Mars Studio, Los Angeles, CA

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Jessica is an album by Gerald Wilson's Orchestra of the 80's recorded in 1982 and released on the Trend label.

Contents

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Reception

AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow noted: "this is a highly enjoyable and consistently swinging album".

Track listing

All compositions by Gerald Wilson except where noted.

  1. "Jessica" - 5:26
  2. "I Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) - 3:36
  3. "Blues Bones and Bobby" - 10:24
  4. "Getaway" (Beloyd Taylor, Peter Cor Belenky) - 9:27
  5. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington) - 4:29
  6. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:39

Personnel

  • Gerald Wilson - arranger, conductor
  • Rick Baptist, Bobby Bryant, Oscar Brashear, Hal Espinosa, Snooky Young - trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Thurman Green - trombone
  • Maurice Spears - bass trombone
  • Anthony Ortega, Jerome Richardson, Henry de Vega - alto saxophone
  • Roger Hogan, Harold Land, Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone
  • Gerald Wiggins - piano
  • Harold Land, Jr. - electric piano
  • Milcho Leviev - keyboards
  • Johnny Williams - bass, electric bass
  • Clayton Cameron - drums

    • References

    Jessica (Gerald Wilson album) Wikipedia
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