Willis Jackson with Jack McDuff and Bill Jennings - Gator's Tail

Gator’s Tail [. The Gator Jumps] (Jackson) - from the 12” album “Blue Gator” (Prestige PR 7183) Willis Jackson Quintet Willis Jackson (tenor sax), Jack McDuff (organ), Bill Jennings (guitar), Tommy Potter (bass,), Alvin Johnson (drums). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on May 25, 1959 A One Day Session 05/25/59: Willis Jackson Quintet With Jack Mc Duff & Bill Jennings - Featuring: Willis Jackson (ts), Jack McDuff (org), Bill Jennings (g), Tommy Potter (b), Alvin Johnson (d) “There’s a style of playing tenor saxophone which, for lack of a better name, can be called Southeastern. It’s a warm, extrovert way of playing, with a heavy two-beat rhythm that can rock you off your chair. It’s not esoteric, obscure or subtle—everything is laid right on the line in a blues-drenched, afterbeat style. Among its major exponents is Willis “Gator” Jackson (1932-1987), whose playing has definite shades of latter-day Lester Young, and though he made a ever