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Single Action (album)

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Released
  
1978

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Muse Records

Single Action (1978)
  
Lockin' Horns (1978)

Producer
  
Willis Jackson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 28, 1978 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Artists
  
Willis Jackson, Pat Martino

Similar
  
Pat Martino albums, Jazz albums

Single Action is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson with guitarist Pat Martino which was recorded in 1978 and first released on the Muse label.

Contents

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow notes that "Single Action does give one a good example of Jackson playing in a tenor style that (other than Houston Person and now Joshua Redman) is quickly disappearing."

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except as indicated

  1. "Evergreen" (Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams) - 4:44
  2. "Bolita" - 8:12
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 6:59
  4. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) - 7:43
  5. "Hittin' the Numbers" - 5:01
  6. "Single Action" - 6:17
  7. "Evergreen" [Alternate Take] (Streisand, Williams) - 4:41 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Willis Jackson - tenor saxophone
  • Pat Martino - guitar
  • Carl Wilson - organ
  • Jimmy Lewis - bass
  • Yusef Ali - drums
  • Buddy Caldwell – congas

    • References

    Single Action (album) Wikipedia
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