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TOGETHER AGAIN contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: TOGETHER AGAIN! (1965)/TOGETHER AGAIN, AGAIN (1967).
It was confusing enough that Willis Jackson, with Jack McDuff as sidekick, recorded first an album titled Together Again!, and then a different album with the similar title Together Again, Again. Combining both of these on a single-CD reissue, and titling the whole caboodle Together Again!, is downright pitiless. But to preface appraisal of the music with a gotta-make-this-clear explanation, this 2003 reissue, though titled Together Again!, is not the same as the original album Together Again!, though it contains every track from that LP. Instead, it collects every track from Together Again! and Together Again, Again, though not presented in their original running orders. Rather, the 13 tracks are sequenced in the chronological order in which they were recorded, from May 1959 to December 1961. More important than untangling this discographical train wreck is appreciating the music, which is solid if typical early soul-jazz. The combos (always including Bill Jennings on guitar) can either bop energetically, get bluesy (on Jackson's "This'll Get to Ya"), skirt R&B ("Backtrack (Twistin' Train)"), or wind down for smoochy, slightly smoldering stuff like "Angel Eyes." Tenor saxophonist Jackson and organist McDuff might be the spotlighted performers in the marketing, but actually it's a pretty integrated full-band, small-group sound. There's not much original material from Jackson, though (and no original tunes from McDuff), with a New Orleans-tinged version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" the most unexpected cover choice. ~ Richie Unterberger
Live Recording
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey between 1959 & 1961.
Personnel: Willis Jackson (teno saxophone); Jack McDuff (organ); Bill Jennings (guitar); Tommy Potter, Wendell Marshall, Milt Hinton, Jimmy Lewis (bass); Al Johnson, Bill Elliot, Frank Shea (drums).
Personnel: Willis "Gator" Jackson (tenor saxophone); Bill Jennings (guitar); Jack McDuff (organ); Frank Shea , Al Johnson, Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra (drums); Buck Clarke (congas).
Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton.
Recording information: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (05/25/1959-12/13/1961).
Photographer: Don Schlitten.JazzTimes (p.83) - "Jackson's expressive-emotional range is expansive and he carefully shapes solos with fine sensitivity to flow and phrase contrasts..." Willis Jackson Together Again Songs Together Again Review
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Purchase Together Again CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Willis Jackson Soul Night Live! CD (1964)
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SOUL NIGHT LIVE contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: SOUL NIGHT: LIVE! (1964)/TELL IT... (1964).
Recorded live at the Allegro, New York, New York on March 21, 1964.
In 2002, Prestige released Soul Night Live!/Tell It..., which contained two albums -- Soul Night Live! and Tell It..., both originally issued in 1964 on Prestige -- by sax honker Willis "Gator" Jackson on one compact disc. ~ Tim Sendra
The term "soul" was tossed around quite a bit in the '60s and '70s. It usually had an African-American connotation -- as in soul brother, soul sister, soul food, soul music (a specific style of R&B), or James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. But the term isn't always used in reference to black culture; soulful means expressive, and in that sense, country greats Ernest Tubb and Patsy Cline were seriously soulful. However you define the word soul, Willis "Gator" Jackson was the epitome of it. The tenor titan played with a tremendous amount of feeling, and in the '60s, Prestige wasn't shy about using the word soul in connection with his work. Recorded at a New York club called the Allegro on March 21, 1964, Soul Night Live! isn't soul music in the James Brown/Rufus Thomas/Sam & Dave/Marvin Gaye sense; however, Jackson's quintet (which ...
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The Classical Jazz Quartet -- with pianist Kenny Barron, Stefon Harris (vibes and marimba), bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Lewis Nash -- interpret the music of Johann Sebastian Bach as arranged by Bob Belden. One of the strengths of this date is the wealth of solo opportunities for each musician, instead of focusing the spotlight excessively on any one or two musicians. Beginning with the brisk treatment of the normally legato choral prelude "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," it's clear that the quartet is ready to swing. Less familiar to the casual fan of Baroque music is Bach's "Oboe Concerto in A major, 2nd Movement," a piece recast by Belden ...
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