Illinois Jacquet - The Soul Explosion (1969)

Tracklist

01 - The Soul Explosion
02 - After Hours
03 - St. Louis Blues
04 - I'm A Fool To Want You
05 - The Eighteenth Hole
06 - Still King

personnel :

Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
Wally Richardson - guitar
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone, brass
Ernie Royal - trumpet
Joe Newman - trumpet
Russell Jacquet - trumpet
Matthew Gee - trombone
Milt Buckner - piano, organ
Al Lucas - acoustic bass, electric bass
Al Foster - drums

The great tenor Illinois Jacquet is joined by a ten-piece group that includes trumpeter Joe Newman and Milt Buckner on piano and organ for this 1969 Prestige studio session which has been reissued on CD by the OJC series. Jacquet is in prime form, particularly on "The Soul Explosion" (which benefits from a Jimmy Mundy arrangement), a definitive "After Hours" and a previously unissued version of "Still King." This blues-based set is full of soul but often swings quite hard with the focus on Jacquet's exciting tenor throughout.~ Scott Yanow