Grease 'n' Gravy
1963 studio album by Willis Jackson
Grease 'n' Gravy | ||||
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Studio album by Willis Jackson | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | May 23–24, 1963 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7285 | |||
Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
Willis Jackson chronology | ||||
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Grease 'n' Gravy is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "It's respectable, not too cool and not too hot early-'60s organ-sax jazz, with Wilson's organ and the still-teenaged Martino's guitar as vital to the success of the date as Jackson's tenor sax is".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.
- "Brother Elijah" (Jackson, Wade Marcus, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 5:13
- "Doot Dat" – 7:23
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) – 3:13
- "Gra-a-avy" – 11:42
- "Grease"- 7:21
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 23 (tracks 1 & 2), & May 24 (tracks 3-5), 1963
Personnel
- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Frank Robinson – trumpet
- Carl Wilson – organ
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 3-5)
- Joe Hadrick – drums
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed February 25, 2013
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed February 25, 2013
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Willis Jackson
- Please Mr. Jackson (1959)
- Cool "Gator" (1959)
- Blue Gator (1959)
- Cookin' Sherry (1961)
- Really Groovin' (1961)
- In My Solitude (1961)
- Thunderbird (1962)
- Johnny "Hammond" Cooks with Gator Tail (1962)
- Bossa Nova Plus (1962)
- Neapolitan Nights (1962)
- Loose... (1963)
- Grease 'n' Gravy (1963)
- The Good Life (1963)
- More Gravy (1963)
- Boss Shoutin' (1964)
- 'Gator Tails (1964)
- Together Again! (1965)
- Smoking with Willis (1965)
- Together Again, Again (1966)
- Soul Grabber (1967)
- Star Bag (1968)
- Swivelhips (1968)
- Gator's Groove (1968)
- Gatorade (1971)
- West Africa (1973)
- In the Alley (1976)
- The Gator Horn (1977)
- Bar Wars (1977)
- Single Action (1978)
- Nothing Butt... (1983)
- Jackson's Action! (1964)
- Live! Action (1966)
- Soul Night/Live! (1966)
- Tell It... (1967)
- Headed and Gutted (1974)
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