The Message (Illinois Jacquet album)

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The Message
The Message (Illinois Jacquet album).jpg
Studio album by Illinois Jacquet with Kenny Burrell
Released 1963
Recorded May 7 & 8, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length32:00
Label Argo
LP-722
Producer Esmond Edwards
Illinois Jacquet chronology
Illinois Jacquet
(1963)
The Message
(1963)
Desert Winds
(1964)

The Message is an album by saxophonist Illinois Jacquet with guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1963 and released on the Argo label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "This rather brief LP (just 31 minutes) finds tenorman Illinois Jacquet in typically fine form, but fronting a rather anonymous-sounding group (despite the presence of guitarist Kenny Burrell on some numbers)". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except where noted

  1. "The Message" (Ben Tucker) - 3:45
  2. "Wild Man" – 5:00
  3. "Bassoon Blues" (Esmond Edwards, Illinois Jacquet) - 3:50
  4. "On Broadway" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 4:00
  5. "Like Young" (André Previn) - 4:00
  6. "Turnpike" - 5:45
  7. "Bonita" (Edwards) - 5:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed April 16, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 16, 2013
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.