Easterly Winds Explained

Easterly Winds
Type:Album
Artist:Jack Wilson
Cover:Easterly Winds.jpg
Released:Early February 1968[1]
Recorded:September 22, 1967
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:05
Label:Blue Note
BST 84270
Producer:Duke Pearson
Chronology:Jack Wilson
Prev Title:Something Personal
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Song for My Daughter
Next Year:1968

Easterly Winds is a 1968 album by American jazz pianist Jack Wilson featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Easterly Winds provides an excellent contrast to Jack Wilson's first Blue Note album, Something Personal. Where his label debut was cool and romantic, Easterly Winds is a brassy, funky collection of soul-jazz and hard bop with instant appeal... It's another impressive, enjoyable effort from one of the most underrated pianists on Blue Note's '60s roster".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Wilson except as noted

  1. "Do It" - 6:25
  2. "On Children" - 5:25
  3. "A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel) - 5:46
  4. "Easterly Winds" - 5:55
  5. "Nirvanna" - 6:34
  6. "Frank's Tune" (Frank Strozier) - 8:00

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Billboard (February 10, 1968)https://books.google.com/books?id=ugcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=billboard+blue+note+easterly+winds&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKpanQ8sKCAxXEomoFHS9TDQU4ChDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=billboard%20blue%20note%20easterly%20winds&f=false
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4200-series/#bst-84270 Blue Note discography
  3. Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=easterly-winds-r152812|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 23, 2010