Tell It...

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Tell It...
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Live album by Willis Jackson
Released 1967
Recorded March 21, 1964
The Allegro, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7412
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Willis Jackson chronology
Soul Night/Live!
(1964)		Tell It...
(1967)		 'Gator Tails
(1964)

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

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Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "It's staunch mid-'60s soul-jazz". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except as indicated

  1. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) - 6:34
  2. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) - 4:05
  3. "(Up A) Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) - 3:10
  4. "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid" (Lester Young) - 4:00
  5. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 3:30
  6. "Ebb Tide" (Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell) - 4:30
  7. "Blue Gator" - 6:00
  8. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:30

Personnel

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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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