What Kind Of Fool Am I
Willis Jackson
Supervision: Ozzie Cadena
Recording - Van Gelder
Design: Don Schlitten
Pretige PR-7260
1963
Personnel:
Willis Jackson - Tenor Sax
Kenny Burrell - Guitar
Jose Paulo - Guitar
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Eddie Calhoun - Bass
Montego Joe - Conga
Juan Amalbert - Conga, Timbales
Roy Hayes - Drums, Cabasa
From the back cover: What can I say about Willis Jackson, he is one of the grooviest sounding tenor saxophonists in the jazz world, his is the big sound, juicy fat notes, and most important he knows exactly where to place them. Yeah, this is the way to play Bossa Nova, Willis get a groove goin' that would shake the Brazilians down to their knuckles and after the hipper Cuban hear Cachita and Mama Inez, they'll know that their tunes haven't had it yet.
Kenny Burrell adds a little more of the easy grits with his presence and his co-guitarist adds a whole lot of the Brazilian flavor, Jose Paulo is one of the finest imports from Brazil since coffee, here he is heard playing mainly rhythm but wait until you get to hear his first album. Tommy Flanagan is as always, tasty, he can really get into something, no matter what the flavor.
The rhythm section has a lot to say here, Calhoun's big fat bottom, Haynes with rocks goin' and Montego Jo and Amalbert get the afro roots out and into the pot where it means something. Well like I always say, don't talk about it, do it, so instead of me describing what I hear, you listen and let me know your views
Cachita
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Amor
Mama Inez
What Kind Of Fool Am I
Shuckin'
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