The Soul Explosion

The Soul Explosion
Studio album by
Illinois Jacquet
Released1968
RecordedMarch 25, 1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:23
LabelPrestige
PR 7629
ProducerDon Schlitten
Illinois Jacquet chronology
The King!
(1968) 		The Soul Explosion
(1968) 		The Blues; That's Me!
(1969)

The Soul Explosion is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "This blues-based set is full of soul but often swings quite hard with the focus on Jacquet's exciting tenor throughout".[2]

Track listing

  1. "The Soul Explosion" (Gladys Bruce) – 9:17
  2. "After Hours" (Mark Gordon, Erskine Hawkins, Avery Parrish) – 7:30
  3. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 3:06
  4. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 8:53
  5. "The Eighteenth Hole" (Bruce) – 3:30
  6. "Still King" (Frank Foster, Illinois Jacquet) – 4:07 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 17, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 17, 2013
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.