Blue Gator

 ( Willis Jackson Albums ) 

Blue Gator is the third album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring organist Jack McDuff and guitarist Bill Jennings which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige Records label. Prestige Records discography accessed February 15, 2013

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Track listing All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

1. "Blue Gator" – 9:12
2. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) – 5:57
3. "Gator's Tail" – 3:39
4. "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:31
5. "East Breeze" (Esmond Edwards) – 10:01
6. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 5:10

Note

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 25, 1959 (tracks 3 & 6), and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 5), February 26, 1960 (track 4) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 1 & 2)

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Personnel

• Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Jack McDuff – Hammond organ
• Bill Jennings – guitar
• Milt Hinton (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Tommy Potter (tracks 3 & 6) – double bass
• Bill Elliot (tracks 1 & 2), Alvin Johnson (tracks 3–6) – drum kit
• Buck Clarke – congas (track 4)

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