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The Good Life (Willis Jackson album)

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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Willis Jackson

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

The Good Life(1963)
  
More Gravy(1963)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Rarity Music

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Recorded
  
May 23 & 24, 1963Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
Willis Jackson albums, Jazz albums

Willis jackson the good life


The Good Life is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "IIt's pleasing, if unsurprising, early-'60s organ soul-jazz with a good balance between brass, organ, and guitar, perhaps more useful as club groove music than home listening".

Track listing

  1. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) - 5:06
  2. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 4:05
  3. "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart) - 3:44
  4. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:57
  5. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 4:16
  6. "Troubled Times" (Willis Jackson, Wade Marcus, William "Mickey" Stevenson) - 4:54
  7. "Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) - 6:05
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 23 (tracks 1-5), & May 24 (tracks 6 & 7), 1963

    • Personnel

  • Willis Jackson - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Robinson - trumpet
  • Carl Wilson - organ
  • Pat Martino - guitar
  • Leonard Gaskin - bass (tracks 6 & 7)
  • Joe Hadrick - drums

    • Songs

    1The Good Life5:00
    2The Days of Wine & Roses4:01
    3As Long as She Needs Me3:41

    References

    The Good Life (Willis Jackson album) Wikipedia
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