''Smoking with Willis'' is an album by saxophonist
Willis Jackson which was recorded in New York City in 1965 and released on the
Cadet
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label.
Cadet Album duscography (1965–1971)
accessed March 6, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Willis Jackson and David C. Randolph (AKA Butch Cornell) except where noted.
# "Doin' the Mudcat" – 4:15
# "And I Love Her
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" (Lennon–McCartney
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) – 5:35
# "Goose Pimples" – 4:42
# " Yesterday" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:08
# "Broadway
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" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae (January 22, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger.
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, Henri Woode William Henri Woode (September 25, 1909 – May 31, 1994) was an American composer, lyricist, arranger, and singer. His compositions include '' A Night at the Vanguard'', ''Sweet Slumber'', '' You Taught Me to Love Again'', and the jazz standard ''B ...
) – 6:50
# "Who Can I Turn To?
"Who Can I Turn To?" (alternatively titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)") is a song written by English lyricists Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and first published in 1964.
Background
The song was introduced in the musical ' ...
" (Leslie Bricusse
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, Anthony Newley
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) – 4:43
# " A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon, McCartney) – 5:35
Personnel
* Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
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* Franklyn Robinson – trumpet
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* Butch Cornell – organ
*Vinnie Corrao – guitar
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*Bob Bushnell
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– bass
*David Niskanan – drums
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References
Willis Jackson (saxophonist) albums
1966 albums
Cadet Records albums
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
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