Elder Don

Elder Don
Studio album by
Don Wilkerson
Released1962
RecordedMay 3, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:45
LabelBlue Note
BST 84121
ProducerAlfred Lion
Don Wilkerson chronology
The Texas Twister
(1960) 		Elder Don
(1962) 		Preach Brother!
(1962)

Elder Don is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] It was recorded a month before Preach Brother!, but released later.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]

Jazz critic Harvey Pekar had this to say in his May 23, 1963 review for Down Beat magazine: "Though not an innovator, the leader is a respectable musician. His style is an amalgam of many sources..."[2]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "records like this go a long way in proving that Wilkerson was one of the great underrated saxophonists of his time".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Wilkerson except as indicated
  1. "Señorita Eula" - 4:52
  2. "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 7:45
  3. "Scrappy" - 4:51
  4. "Lone Star Shuffle" - 6:52
  5. "Drawin' a Tip" - 4:44
  6. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 5:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 8, 2010
  2. ^ a b Down Beat: May 23, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 12
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2010