Elder Don

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Elder Don
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Studio album by Don Wilkerson
Released 1962
Recorded May 3, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length34:45
Label Blue Note
BST 84121
Producer Alfred Lion
Don Wilkerson chronology
The Texas Twister
(1960)		Elder Don
(1962)		 Preach Brother!
(1962)

Elder Don is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. [1] It was recorded a month before Preach Brother! , but released later.

Don Wilkerson was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana, probably better known for his Blue Note Records recordings in the 1960s as bandleader with guitarist Grant Green. Prior to signing with the label, he worked frequently with Cannonball Adderley. Some of his earliest recordings were done in the 1950s as a sideman for Amos Milburn and Ray Charles.

Blue Note Records American record label

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. Although the original company did not record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

<i>Preach Brother!</i> album by Don Wilkerson

Preach Brother! is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

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Jazz critic Harvey Pekar had this to say in his May 23, 1963 review for Down Beat magazine: "Though not an innovator, the leader is a respectable musician. His style is an amalgam of many sources..." [2]

Harvey Pekar American writer

Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a well-received film adaptation of the same name.

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Wilkerson except as indicated
  1. "Señorita Eula" - 4:52
  2. "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 7:45
  3. "Scrappy" - 4:51
  4. "Lone Star Shuffle" - 6:52
  5. "Drawin' a Tip" - 4:44
  6. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 5:41

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Grant Green American jazz guitarist and composer

Grant Green was an American jazz guitarist and composer.

Lloyd Trotman American musician

Lloyd Trotman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was an American jazz bassist, who backed numerous jazz, dixieland, R&B, and rock and roll artists in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He resided in Huntington, Long Island, New York 1962-2007 and Corona-East Elmhurst, New York 1945-1962. He worked primarily out of New York City. He provided the bass line on Ben E. King's"Stand by Me".{1}

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 8, 2010
  2. 1 2 Down Beat: May 23, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 12
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2010
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