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Don Wilkerson's first Blue Note session, Elder Don (it was recorded before Preach, Brother! but released afterward), is a highly enjoyable set of hard-swinging, bluesy soul-jazz and hard bop. It's hardly a one-note collection -- "Senorita Eula" swings with a Latin lilt, "Scrappy" is a hard-hitting R&B number, the lightly Cuban recasting of Bob Wills' Western swing classic "San Antonio Rose" is fluid and infectious, "Lone Star Shuffle" and "Drawin' a Tip" are wonderful blues shuffles, and the ballad "Poor Butterfly" has a graceful, lyrical quality -- which is part of the reason why it's so impressive. Still, all of the credit for Elder Don's success has to go to Wilkerson, whose vibrant, robust tone dominates the session, and since he's playing with exceptional guitarist Grant Green and excellent drummer Willie Bobo, as well as pianist Johnny Acean and bassist Lloyd Trotman, that's no small accomplishment. In fact, records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Lloyd Trotman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Wilkerson, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Acea, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Lloyd Trotman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Wilkerson, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Acea, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Lloyd Trotman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Wilkerson, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Acea, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Don Wilkerson, Composer, MainArtist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Lloyd Trotman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Wilkerson, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Acea, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Lloyd Trotman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Wilkerson, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Willie Bobo, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Acea, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Raymond Hubbell, Composer - John L. Golden, Composer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Don Wilkerson's first Blue Note session, Elder Don (it was recorded before Preach, Brother! but released afterward), is a highly enjoyable set of hard-swinging, bluesy soul-jazz and hard bop. It's hardly a one-note collection -- "Senorita Eula" swings with a Latin lilt, "Scrappy" is a hard-hitting R&B number, the lightly Cuban recasting of Bob Wills' Western swing classic "San Antonio Rose" is fluid and infectious, "Lone Star Shuffle" and "Drawin' a Tip" are wonderful blues shuffles, and the ballad "Poor Butterfly" has a graceful, lyrical quality -- which is part of the reason why it's so impressive. Still, all of the credit for Elder Don's success has to go to Wilkerson, whose vibrant, robust tone dominates the session, and since he's playing with exceptional guitarist Grant Green and excellent drummer Willie Bobo, as well as pianist Johnny Acean and bassist Lloyd Trotman, that's no small accomplishment. In fact, records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:23
- Main artists: Don Wilkerson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1962 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
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