Blue Gator is the third album led by saxophonist Willis Jackson featuring organist Jack McDuff and guitarist Bill Jennings which was recorded in 1959 and 1960 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography accessed February 15, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Willis Jackson except where noted. "Blue Gator" – 9:12 "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) – 5:57 "Gator's Tail" – 3:39 "This Nearly Was Mine" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:31 "East Breeze" (Esmond Edwards) – 10:01 "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) – 5:10
Note Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on May 25, 1959 (tracks 3 & 6), and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 9, 1959 (track 5), February 26, 1960 (track 4) and August 16, 1960 (tracks 1 & 2)
Personnel Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone Jack McDuff – organ Bill Jennings – guitar Milt Hinton (track 4), Wendell Marshall (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Tommy Potter (tracks 3 & 6) – bass Bill Elliot (tracks 1 & 2), Alvin Johnson (tracks 3–6) – drums Buck Clarke – congas (track 4)
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