Bottoms Up (Illinois Jacquet album)

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Bottoms Up
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Studio album by
Illinois Jacquet
Released1968
RecordedMarch 26, 1968
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length33:46
Label Prestige
PR 7575
Producer Don Schlitten
Illinois Jacquet chronology
Go Power!
(1966)		Bottoms Up
(1968)		 The King!
(1968)

Bottoms Up is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Even in 1968 when the jazz avant-garde was becoming quite influential, tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet played in his own timeless style, performing in an idiom little changed during the previous 20 years". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except where noted.

  1. "Bottoms Up" – 3:21
  2. "Port of Rico" – 4:12
  3. "You Left Me All Alone" – 3:51
  4. "Sassy" (Milt Buckner) – 5:41
  5. "Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy" (Bill Doggett, Illinois Jacquet) – 5:40
  6. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:12
  7. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 5:28
  8. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:09

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 16, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 16, 2013
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  111. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 759. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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