Cool "Gator"
1960 studio album by Willis Jackson
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Studio album by Willis Jackson | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | May 25 and November 9, 1959 and February 26, 1960 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7172 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
Willis Jackson chronology | ||||
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Cool "Gator" (also released as Keep on a Blowin') is the second album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring organist Jack McDuff and guitarist Bill Jennings which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Enjoyable and accessible music that swings and contains its share of soul".[2]
Track listing
- "Keep on a' Blowin'" (Willis Jackson, Jack McDuff) – 10:24
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 4:04
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:30
- "Blue Strollin'" (Jackson) – 7:45
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:13
- "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman) – 5:24
Personnel
- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Jack McDuff – organ
- Bill Jennings – guitar
- Milt Hinton (track 1), Wendell Marshall (tracks 3 & 4), Tommy Potter (tracks 2, 5 & 6) – bass
- Alvin Johnson – drums
- Buck Clarke – congas (track 1)
References
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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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