Soul Grabber

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Soul Grabber
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Studio album by Willis Jackson
Released 1968
Recorded October 20 & 25, 1967
Studio New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7551
Producer Cal Lampley
Willis Jackson chronology
Smoking with Willis
(1965) Smoking with Willis1965		Soul Grabber
(1967)		 Star Bag
(1968) Star Bag1968

Soul Grabber is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Willis "Gator" Jackson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "The Song Of Ossahna" (Vinícius de Moraes, Baden Powell) – 2:40
  2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 6:30
  3. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) – 5:20
  4. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 2:50
  5. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 5:10
  6. "Soul Grabber" – 2:00
  7. "Rhode Island Red" – 3:30
  8. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 8:18
  9. "I Dig Rock And Roll Music" (Paul Stookey, Jim Mason, Dave Dixon) – 2:45
  10. "These Blues are Made for Walking" – 5:40

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".

Wilbur Lawton Bascomb Jr. is an American bass guitarist. He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington.

Sammy Lowe was an American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed March 6, 2013
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed March 6, 2013


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