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Really Groovin'

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Really Groovin'
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 10 & April 11, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7196
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Willis Jackson chronology
Together Again!
(1959-60)
Really Groovin'
(1961)
In My Solitude
(1961)

Really Groovin' is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "A fine, soulful jazz date, mostly slow blues and ballads, from one of the kings of honky-tonk saxophone. Jackson's smooth, Ben Webster-ish tenor playing is seldom surprising, but always satisfying".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

  1. "Careless Love" (W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams) – 4:13
  2. "Oatmeal" (Johnny Griffin) – 4:25
  3. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:48
  4. "A Twist of Blues" – 5:40
  5. "Sweet Peter Charleston" (Griffin) – 6:51
  6. "Again" (Lionel Newman, Dorcas Cochran) – 4:05
  7. "He Said, She Said, I Said" – 3:52
  8. "Girl Of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 6:40
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1961 (tracks 1–7), and April 11, 1961 (track 8)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed February 19, 2013
  2. ^ a b Roberts, J. Allmusic listing accessed February 19, 2013