Willis Jackson - 1976 - Plays With Feeling

Willis Jackson

1976

Plays With Feeling

01. Racubah 4:11

02. Feelings 4:51

03. Singing Bass 4:31

04. The Young Man With A Horn 3:23

05. Do Your Super Thing 4:25

06. Bouquet 3:46

07. Do It, To It 5:

08. Something Good 4:43

Bass – Cliff Williams (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)

Cello – Seymour Barab

Congas – Bessemer Taylor

Drums – Walter "Jo Jo" Garth

Electric Piano, Organ, Clavinet – Ricky West

Harp – Eugene Bianco

Rhythm Guitar – A. C. Drummer, Jr.

Saxophone [Baritone] – Seldon Powell

Saxophone [Tenor] – Willis Jackson

Trombone – Eddie Bert

rumpet – Ernie Royal, Michael Goldberg

Viola – Julien Barber, Linda Jo Lawrence, Seymour Berman

Violin – Alfred Brown, Irving Spice, Louis Haber, Louis Stone, Noel DaCosta

The title's righter than you might think – as Willis DOES play with feeling, despite a cheesy-looking cover that might make you think otherwise! The groove here is tight and smooth 70s jazz funk – very much in the mode of some of the more fully-arranged Kudu and CTI albums of the time, with Willis out in the lead, blowing wonderfully over the top in a Stanley Turrentine sort of mode. Arrangements are by Ricky West and Bert Keyes, and the album's got a really great version of the Afro Funk classic "Racubah".