Cool "Gator"
{{Infobox album
| name = Cool "Gator"
| type = Studio
| artist = Willis Jackson
| cover = Cool Gator.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = May 25 and November 9, 1959 and February 26, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Prestige
PR 7172
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Willis Jackson
| prev_title = Please Mr. Jackson
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Blue Gator
| next_year = 1960
}}
Cool "Gator" (also released as Keep on a Blowin') is the second 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 label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7172 Prestige Records discography] accessed February 15, 2013
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/110 110]
}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Enjoyable and accessible music that swings and contains its share of soul".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/cool-gator-mw0000903569 Allmusic Review] accessed February 15, 2013
Track listing
- "Keep on a' Blowin'" (Willis Jackson, Jack McDuff) – 10:24
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 4:04
- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:30
- "Blue Strollin'" (Jackson) – 7:45
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:13
- "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman) – 5:24
Personnel
- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Jack McDuff – organ
- Bill Jennings – guitar
- Milt Hinton (track 1), Wendell Marshall (tracks 3 & 4), Tommy Potter (tracks 2, 5 & 6) – bass
- Alvin Johnson – drums
- Buck Clarke – congas (track 1)
References
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Category:Willis Jackson (saxophonist) albums
Category:Prestige Records albums
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Category:Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
Category:Albums recorded in a home studio
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