Grease 'n' Gravy

Grease 'n' Gravy
Studio album by Willis Jackson
Released	1963
Recorded	May 23–24, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PRLP 7285
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Willis Jackson chronology
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Grease 'n' Gravy is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "It's respectable, not too cool and not too hot early-'60s organ-sax jazz, with Wilson's organ and the still-teenaged Martino's guitar as vital to the success of the date as Jackson's tenor sax is".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted.

1. "Brother Elijah" (Jackson, Wade Marcus, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 5:13
2. "Doot Dat" – 7:23
3. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) – 3:13
4. "Gra-a-avy" – 11:42
5. "Grease"- 7:21

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 23 (tracks 1 & 2), & May 24 (tracks 3-5), 1963

Personnel

• Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Frank Robinson – trumpet
• Carl Wilson – organ
• Pat Martino – guitar
• Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 3-5)
• Joe Hadrick – drums

References