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- Date Released: January 1, 1959
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary, Bebop, Acid Jazz
- Label: Fantasy / Prestige
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In 1999, Fantasy reissued two of Willis Jackson's old Prestige LPs, Keep on a Blowin' (1959-60) and Thunderbird (1962), on this 78-minute CD for its Legends of Acid Jazz series. Spanning 1959-62, this reissue looks back on what was a very exciting period for the big-toned, breathy tenor man, who had moved away from the honking and screaming he had done in the late 1940s and early 1950s and had reinvented himself as a more mature provider of organ-combo soul-jazz. While Keep on a Blowin' (which features a young Jack McDuff on organ) is a straight-ahead collection of blues, ballads (including "How Deep Is the Ocean"), and standards, parts of Thunderbird (which employs Freddie Roach on the Hammond B-3) are more commercial and rock & roll-minded. But even on a remake of the surf rock ditty "California Sun," Jackson doesn't lose his jazzman's sense of improvisation. "The Man I Love" from Keep on a Blowin' is a real surprise -- Jackson begins the Gershwin standard as a lush ballad before unexpectedly switching to a fast tempo and approaching it as 200 mile-an-hour bop. This consistently rewarding CD is highly recommended.
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Keep On A Blowin' |
10:24 |
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| 02. | |
How Deep Is The Ocean |
4:04 |
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| 03. | |
On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
3:30 |
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| 04. | |
Blue Strollin' |
7:45 |
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| 05. | |
The Man I Love |
7:13 |
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| 06. | |
A Smooth One |
5:24 |
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Thunderbird |
5:06 |
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| 08. | |
Oh Lady, Be Good |
5:28 |
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| 09. | |
Back And Forth |
9:16 |
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| 10. | |
California Sun |
3:53 |
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| 11. | |
Body And Soul |
7:56 |
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| 12. | |
A Penny Serenade |
7:44 |
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12 Total Tracks, 77:43 Total Length
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Credits
- Ray Barretto - Conga // Ray Barretto - Conga // Bill Jennings - Guitar // Tommy Potter - Bass // Freddie Roach - Organ // Buck Clarke - Conga // Milt Hinton - Bass // Milt Hinton - Bass // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Sax (Tenor) // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Sax (Tenor) // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Sax (Tenor) // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Main Performer // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Main Performer // Willis "Gator" Jackson - Main Performer // Wendell Marshall - Bass // Jack McDuff - Organ // Jack McDuff - Organ // Jack McDuff - Organ // Frank Shea - Drums // Alvin Johnson - Drums
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