Elder Don
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{{Infobox album
| name = Elder Don
| type = Album
| artist = Don Wilkerson
| cover = Elder Don.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = May 3, 1962
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 34:45
| label = Blue Note
BST 84121
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Don Wilkerson
| prev_title = The Texas Twister
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Preach Brother!
| next_year = 1962
}}
Elder Don is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4100-series/#blp-4121 Blue Note Records discography] accessed November 8, 2010 It was recorded a month before Preach Brother!, but released later.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Down Beat
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Down Beat: May 23, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 12
| rev2 = Allmusic
| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
Jazz critic Harvey Pekar had this to say in his May 23, 1963 review for Down Beat magazine: "Though not an innovator, the leader is a respectable musician. His style is an amalgam of many sources..."
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time".Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=elder-don-r150184|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 8, 2010
Track listing
:All compositions by Don Wilkerson except as indicated
- "Señorita Eula" - 4:52
- "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 7:45
- "Scrappy" - 4:51
- "Lone Star Shuffle" - 6:52
- "Drawin' a Tip" - 4:44
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 5:41
Personnel
- Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
- John Acea - piano
- Grant Green - guitar
- Lloyd Trotman - bass
- Willie Bobo - drums
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums