Soul Night/Live!

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Soul Night/Live!
Soul Night Live!.jpg
Live album by
Released1966
RecordedMarch 21, 1964
The Allegro, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PRLP 7396
Willis Jackson chronology
Live! Action
(1964)
Soul Night/Live!
(1966)
Tell It...
(1964)

Soul Night/Live! is a live album by saxophonist Willis Jackson, recorded in New York City in 1964 and released on the Prestige label in 1966. [1] This was the third album to be released from the same performance following Live! Action and Jackson's Action! with a fourth later release Tell It... appearing in 1967.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except as indicated

  1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:40
  2. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 9:00
  3. "Thunderbird" - 5:10
  4. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:50
  5. "All Soul" (Curtis Lewis) - 5:00
  6. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 5:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed March 5, 2013
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed March 5, 2013
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 757. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  111. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.