Together Again! is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson with organist Jack McDuff which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.[1]
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | May 25 and November 9, 1959 February 26 and August 16, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7364 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "the Willis Jackson-Jack McDuff-speared combo offers respectable early soul-jazz, if not too different from many other Prestige-overseen sessions of the early '60s".[2]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Willis Jackson, except where noted.
- "Three Little Words" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 5:01
- "Tu'gether" – 7:10
- "Glad'a See Ya" – 4:12
- "This'll Get to Ya" – 10:14
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 6:58
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 25, 1959 (track 1), and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 3), February 26, 1960 (tracks 4, 5) and August 16, 1960 (track 2)
Personnel
edit- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Jack McDuff – organ
- Bill Jennings – guitar
- Milt Hinton (tracks 4, 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 2, 3), Tommy Potter (track 1) – bass
- Bill Elliot (track 2), Alvin Johnson (tracks 1, 3–5) – drums
- Buck Clarke – congas (tracks 4, 5)[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed February 18, 2013
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed February 18, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Discogs Willis Jackson With Jack McDuff* – Together Again!
- ^ The Afro-American October 14, 1972 Page 11 – What's Happening by Ida Peters