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Thunderbird (Willis Jackson album)

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Released
  
1962

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Prestige Records

Artist
  
Willis Jackson

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 31, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Thunderbird (1962)
  
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Willis Jackson albums
  
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Willis jackson thunderbird


Thunderbird is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Willis jackson thunderbird


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Right from the title track opener, it's apparent that Jackson's heading straight for basic soul-jazz".

Track listing

  1. "Thunderbird" (Willis Jackson) - 5:06
  2. "Oh, Lady Be Good" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:28
  3. "Back and Forth" (Jackson, Bill Jennings) - 9:16
  4. "California Sun" (Henry Glover, Morris Levy) - 3:53
  5. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 7:55
  6. "A Penny Serenade" (Darren Halifax, Melle Weersma) - 7:44
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 31, 1962

    • Personnel

  • Willis Jackson - tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Roach - organ
  • Bill Jennings - guitar
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Frank Shea - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas

    • References

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