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The Soul Explosion

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Released
  
1968

Artist
  
Illinois Jacquet

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
36:23

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
March 25, 1969 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

The Soul Explosion (1969)
  
The Blues; That's Me! (1969)

Illinois Jacquet albums
  
The Blues; That's Me!, The Kid and the Brute, Bosses of the Ballad, The Message, Bottoms Up

Illinois jacquet the soul explosion


The Soul Explosion is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "This blues-based set is full of soul but often swings quite hard with the focus on Jacquet's exciting tenor throughout".

Track listing

All compositions by Gladys Bruce except as indicated

  1. "The Soul Explosion" – 9:17
  2. "After Hours" (Mark Gordon, Erskine Hawkins Avery Parrish) – 7:30
  3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:06
  4. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 8:53
  5. "The Eighteenth Hole" – 3:30
  6. "Still King" (Frank Foster, Illinois Jacquet) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Russell Jacquet, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Matthew Gee – trombone
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Milt Buckner – organ, piano, arranger
  • Wally Richardson – guitar
  • Al Lucas – bass, electric bass
  • Al Foster – drums
  • Jimmy Mundy – arranger

    • Songs

    1The Soul Explosion9:21
    2After Hours7:30
    3St Louis Blues3:06

    References

    The Soul Explosion Wikipedia
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