Grease 'n' Gravy
Grease 'n' Gravy | ||||
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Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | May 23–24, 1963 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7285 | |||
Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
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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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Frank Robinson – trumpet
- Carl Wilson – organ
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 3-5)
- Joe Hadrick – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed February 25, 2013
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed February 25, 2013