ILLINIOS JACQUET - BOTTOMS UP.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Illinois Jacquet - Bottoms Up, Illinois Jacquet On Prestige!

Illinois Jacquet

Bottoms Up, Illinois Jacquet On Prestige!

PR 7575

NYC, March 26, 1968

Personnel:

Illinois Jacquet (ts)

Barry Harris (p)

Ben Tucker (b)

Alan Dawson (d)

Sassy

You Left Me Alone

Our Delight

Bottoms Up

Jivin' With Jack The Bellboy

Port Of Rico

Ghost Of A Chance

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Tracks

1. Bottoms Up [Jacquet] 3:21

2. Port of Rico [Jacquet] 4:12

3. You Left Me All Alone [Jacquet] 3:51

4. Sassy [Buckner] 5:41

5. Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy [Doggett/Jacquet] 5:40

6. A Ghost of a Chance with You [Crosby/Washington/Young] 6:12

7. Our Delight [Dameron] 5:28

8. Don't Blame Me [Fields/McHugh] 4:09

Nice mixture of boppish and swing-based material, and an excellent soulful session that has Illinois Jacquet playing in a stripped-down setting with Ben Tucker on bass, Alan Dawson on drums, and Barry Harris on piano, who adds a nice warm dimension to the set. Jacquet's tone is fantastic as always, and it's a real treat to hear him work his way around the tracks in a relatively free environment. Titles include "Sassy", "Bottoms Up", "Jivin With Jack The Bellboy", and his classic "Port Of Rico".

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Review by Scott Yanow

Even in 1968 when the jazz avant-garde was becoming quite influential, tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet played in his own timeless style, performing in an idiom little changed during the previous 20 years. With the assistance of pianist Barry Harris, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Alan Dawson, Jacquet is heard throughout this set swinging hard and generally expressing himself in a typically extroverted fashion. "Bottoms Up" (a relative of "Flying Home"), "Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy," and Jacquet's excellent original ballad "You Left Me All Alone" are most memorable.

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