Legends of Acid Jazz

Willis Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 6, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prestige
• ASIN: B00000605Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,294 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Gator

2. Try a Little Tenderness

3. Gator's Tail

4. This Nearly Was Mine

5. East Breeze

6. She's Funny That Way

7. Mellow Blues

8. Sportin'

9. When I Fall in Love

10. Cookin' Sherry

11. Where Are You?

12. Contrasts

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Original "Gator Tail", June 13, 2010

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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I had never heard of tenor saxophonist Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson until I found his "Legends of Acid Jazz" in the cut-out bin at Newbury Comics a few years ago. There's nothing groundbreaking to his music, just some great soul jazz from a true bluesy gospel horn-honker. I was impressed enough to purchase another half-dozen discs by this artist, all of which are currently going out-of-print. This disc collects the original Prestige LPs "Blue Gator" and "Cookin' Sherry," recorded by Rudy Van Gelder over four different sessions from May 1959 through August 1960. A variety of great soul jazz musicians feature here including Jack McDuff, Bill Jennings, Wendell Marshall, Alvin Johnson, and even the great bassist Milt Hinton joins in on three tracks. Purchase the "Legend" of "Gator Tail" while you can.

1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 50's jazz, July 5, 2006

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S. Garcia - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legends of Acid Jazz (Audio CD)

If you like this style of jazz as much as I do you will enjoy this CD.It is a good example of jazz of that era.