Together Again!

Together Again!
Together Again!
Studio album by Willis Jackson and Jack McDuff
Released	1965
Recorded	May 25 and November 9, 1959; February 26 and August 16, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige ; PR 7364
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Willis Jackson chronology

Last updated November 09, 2021

Together Again! is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson with organist Jack McDuff which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label in 1965.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "the Willis Jackson-Jack McDuff-speared combo offers respectable early soul-jazz, if not too different from many other Prestige-overseen sessions of the early '60s".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson, except where noted.

"Three Little Words" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) – 5:01
"Tu'gether" – 7:10
"Glad'a See Ya" – 4:12
"This'll Get to Ya" – 10:14
"It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 6:58

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 25, 1959 (track 1), and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 3), February 26, 1960 (tracks 4, 5) and August 16, 1960 (track 2)

Personnel

Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
Jack McDuff – organ
Bill Jennings – guitar
Milt Hinton (tracks 4, 5), Wendell Marshall (tracks 2, 3), Tommy Potter (track 1) – bass
Bill Elliot (track 2), Alvin Johnson (tracks 1, 3–5) – drums
Buck Clarke – congas (tracks 4, 5)^[4]^[5]

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References

↑ Prestige Records discography accessed February 18, 2013
1 2 Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed February 18, 2013
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Discogs Willis Jackson With Jack McDuff* – Together Again!
↑ The Afro-American October 14, 1972 Page 11 – What's Happening by Ida Peters

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[1] Prestige Records discography accessed February 18, 2013

[AllMusic-2] 1 2 Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed February 18, 2013

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Discogs Willis Jackson With Jack McDuff* – Together Again!

[5] The Afro-American October 14, 1972 Page 11 – What's Happening by Ida Peters

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