Hootin N Tootin (24bt) (Mlps) [Import, Limited Edition]

Fred Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Blue Note Japan
• ASIN: B00000JX68
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,230,760 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dippin' in the Bag

2. Southern Exposure

3. Preach Brother

4. Hootin' 'n Tootin'

5. Easin' on Down

6. That's Where It's At

7. Way Down Home

8. Stretchin' Out [#][*]

9. Mr. B.J. [#][*]

10. Egypt Land [#][*]

11. Teena [#][*]

12. On the Spot [#][*]

13. Minor Exposure [*]

14. Little Freddie [#][*]

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Side men to the fore, November 30, 2001

By 

Dave R (Lydd, Kent United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hootin' 'N Tootin' (Audio CD)

This album offers a unique chance to hear two of the music world's most solid session players in a no-pressure jazz groove. Fred Jackson's horn has been giving quality support to all kinds of artists for decades (check out his listing in AMG). Here he shows he is more than capable of remaining inventive way beyond sandwiched session breaks. His improvisations never flag once throughout the album. Organist on the session is none other than Motown bandleader, Earl Van Dyke, just around the time Mickey Stevenson gave him the job. He would go on to develop and define The Motown Sound, as well as being one of the hottest Hammond players on stage. Here, though, the 'Chunk of Funk' exhibits little of the dazzling solo phrasing heard in later recordings. Instead, he demonstrates how he came to be recognised as the best accompanist in the business - especially on the first seven tracks, whose basslines he creates on the pedals of the B3 organ. As he would later do with Robert White, James Jamerson and Benny Benjamin, Van Dyke melds with Willie Jones and Wilbert Hogan to form a single entity, alive to every turn of Jackson's tenor. This album is still a joy and a worldwide favourite, forty years on.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wickedly groovy, deeply swinging... Organ/Tenor groove at its best !, May 6, 2010

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hootin' 'N Tootin' (Audio CD)

Fred Jackson may be remembered by some true Rare Groove buffs as a tenor sideman who took some pretty wickedly mean solos on those old Blue Note recordings back in the day, but never really got a name as a leader... listening to this album, you'll be clueless why... If the organ/tenor combos of Willis Jackson... as well as the deep blues, grooving yet stretched out playing of Hank Mobley have ever blown you away you WILL dig this... Also, if you've read any of my reviews you may know that my all time favorite Jazz organ combo recording is FREDDIE ROACH's GOOD MOVE... This one has a similar sound and runs a close second... Earl VanDyke may not be well remembered as an organist either, but boy does he have the groove... kind of a mix of Baby Face Willette, Roach with a touch of Scott... Wilbert Hogan in turn sounds a bit like Ben Dixon and Clarence Johnston... in contrast... Willie Jones is obviously hip to Grant Green... that said, this isn't a second rate John Patton/Grant Green type combo... its simply a relic of the era and one of the best examples.... in fact, an interesting thing about this combo is that while many of the better known Patton/Willette ensembles stand out for feel and groove, this one has some pretty tight soloing... Fred Jackson in particular is a humorous quoter... he has that dark, blues, "Plas Johnson" after hours feel... but at the same time he can go from bopping to quoting something happy or silly at the same time (If you dig him, check out a "young" Jack McDuff/Lionel Hampton alumn on the NY scene called Jerry Weldon!)

All in all, if this album don't get your feet a pattin', your head a swinging, and make you feel nasty, you probably shouldn't be listening to this type of music. Its SOUL JAZZ, and never a finer example was there ever...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fred Jackson, Hootin n' Tootin, November 11, 2005

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Chris Covais - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hootin' 'N Tootin' (Audio CD)

This is one of those albums that didn't sell when it first came out, but it's getting revisited by the younger generation like us.

Fred Jackson, wasn't the most known recording artist for Blue Note, nor was he the most popular, but the cover art seems to be a BN staple.

Fred Jackson was basically a rhythm and blues saxophonist, and for some reason, he wanted to play jazz, so he got together with some musicians and recorded this album.

All the tunes are blues. This is most definately a soul-jazz ocassion. The songs are groovy, the melodies aren't exactly genious, and the album swings. This album might be anything from a classic, but its nice to sit back and groove to.