The Good Life (Willis Jackson album)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Good Life
| type = Studio
| artist = Willis Jackson
| cover = The Good Life (Willis Jackson album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1963
| recorded = May 23–24, 1963
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Prestige
PRLP 7285
| producer = Ozzie Cadena
| chronology = Willis Jackson
| prev_title = Grease 'n' Gravy
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = More Gravy
| next_year = 1963
}}
The Good Life is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7200-series/#prlp-7296 Prestige Records discography] accessed February 25, 2013
Reception
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| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
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Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "IIt's pleasing, if unsurprising, early-'60s organ soul-jazz with a good balance between brass, organ, and guitar, perhaps more useful as club groove music than home listening".Unterberger, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-good-life-mw0000914442 Allmusic listing] accessed February 25, 2013
Track listing
- "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 5:06
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 4:05
- "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart) – 3:44
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:57
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 4:16
- "Troubled Times" (Willis Jackson, Wade Marcus, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 4:54
- "Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) – 6:05
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 23 (tracks 1-5), & May 24 (tracks 6 & 7), 1963
Personnel
- Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
- Frank Robinson – trumpet
- Carl Wilson – organ
- Pat Martino – guitar
- Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 6 & 7)
- Joe Hadrick – drums
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Category:Willis Jackson (saxophonist) albums
Category:Prestige Records albums
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