JazzCodex

Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Please Mr. Jackson

Please Mr. Jackson cover
RecordedMay 25, 1959
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP 7162
Released1959
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 397019

The record

A lean quintet cut for Prestige, organ swelling behind unhurried guitar work while the tenor does the sweating. Same May 1959 stretch of sessions that filled out his early catalogue.

Session personnel

  • Tommy Potter — bass
  • Alvin Johnson — drums
  • Bill Jennings — guitar
  • Brother Jack McDuff — organ
  • Willis Jackson — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1959Prestige · PRLP 7162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1964Prestige · PR 7162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1988Original Jazz Classics
1988Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5321 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1995Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 321-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1995Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 321-2 — CD

Follow the players

Tommy Potter also plays on

Alvin Johnson also plays on

Bill Jennings also plays on

Brother Jack McDuff also plays on