Elder Don
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Elder Don |
| type | Album |
| artist | Don Wilkerson |
| cover | Elder Don.jpg |
| released | 1962 |
| recorded | May 3, 1962 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 34:45 |
| label | Blue Note |
| BST 84121 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| chronology | Don Wilkerson |
| prev_title | The Texas Twister |
| prev_year | 1960 |
| next_title | Preach Brother! |
| next_year | 1962 |
| :: |
| name = Elder Don | type = Album | artist = Don Wilkerson | cover = Elder Don.jpg | alt = | released = 1962 | recorded = May 3, 1962 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 34:45 | label = Blue Note BST 84121 | producer = Alfred Lion | chronology = Don Wilkerson | prev_title = The Texas Twister | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Preach Brother! | next_year = 1962
Elder Don is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded a month before Preach Brother!, but released later.
Reception
| rev1 = Down Beat | rev1Score = | rev2 = Allmusic | rev2Score =
Jazz critic Harvey Pekar had this to say in his May 23, 1963 review for Down Beat magazine: "Though not an innovator, the leader is a respectable musician. His style is an amalgam of many sources..."
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time".
Track listing
:All compositions by Don Wilkerson except as indicated
- "Señorita Eula" - 4:52
- "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 7:45
- "Scrappy" - 4:51
- "Lone Star Shuffle" - 6:52
- "Drawin' a Tip" - 4:44
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 5:41
Personnel
- Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
- John Acea - piano
- Grant Green - guitar
- Lloyd Trotman - bass
- Willie Bobo - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4100-series/#blp-4121 Blue Note Records discography] accessed November 8, 2010
- Down Beat: May 23, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 12
- Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic
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