Together Again, Again

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Together Again, Again
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Studio album by Willis Jackson and Brother Jack McDuff
Released 1966
Recorded May 25 and November 9, 1959, February 26, 1960 and December 13, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7428
Producer Esmond Edwards
Willis Jackson chronology
In My Solitude
(1961)		Together Again, Again
(1966)		 Thunderbird
(1962)

Together Again, Again is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson with organist Brother Jack McDuff which was recorded in 1959, 1960 and 1961 and released on the Prestige label in 1966. [1]

Willis "Gator" Jackson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Jack McDuff American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader

Eugene McDuff, known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break.

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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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Tenor saxophonist Jackson and organist McDuff might be the spotlighted performers in the marketing, but actually it's a pretty integrated full-band, small-group sound. There's not much original material from Jackson, though (and no original tunes from McDuff), with a New Orleans-tinged version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" the most unexpected cover choice". [2]

AllMusic online music database

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Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "Gil's Pills" (John Adriano Acea) – 4:10
  2. "Backtrack" – 2:05
  3. "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) – 3:0
  4. "Snake Crawl" – 2:40
  5. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:40
  6. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:12
  7. "Medley: September Song/Easy Living/Deep Purple" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson/ Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin/Peter DeRose) – 7:39
  8. "Jambalaya" (Hank Williams) – 4:50

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed February 18, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. AllMusic listing accessed February 18, 2013
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