Swivelhips

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Swivelhips
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Studio album by Willis Jackson
Released 1969
Recorded September 9, 1968
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7602
Producer Bob Porter
Willis Jackson chronology
Star Bag
(1968)		Swivelhips
(1969)		 Gator's Groove
(1968)

Swivelhips is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1968 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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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "Swivel Hips" – 6:51
  2. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 8:45
  3. "Win, Lose or Draw" (Harold Ousley) – 3:54
  4. "Y'Understand Me? – 8:05
  5. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) – 6:00
  6. "Florence of Arabia" (Howard Roberts) – 7:10

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".

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed March 7, 2013
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed March 7, 2013


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