Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday with In My Solitude an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Moodsville label

Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Born in Miami, Florida, Jackson joined Cootie Williams's band in 1948 as a teenager, and was part of it on and off until 1955.

Under his own name (Willis Jackson and His Orchestra) he recorded various rhythm-and-blues instrumentals for Atlantic Records. His most famous record for Atlantic is "Gator's Groove" (1952), with "Estrellita" as the B-side.

Jackson toured as leader of the backing band for singer Ruth Brown. Publicly they were married, but privately they never married but lived together from 1950 to 1955. Jackson joined Prestige Records in 1959, making a string of albums.. - Wikipedia

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Nocturne is an album by American saxophonist Oliver Nelson and vibraphonist Lem Winchester. It was originally released in 1961 by Prestige Records, as part of their "Moodsville Series". As the title implies, Nocturne is a collection of mellow songs with relaxed, late-night feeling. - Wikipedia

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Ballads by Cobb is an album by saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1960 for the Moodsville label.[

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Arnett Cobb - tenor saxophone
Red Garland - piano, celeste
George Duvivier - bass
J. C. Heard - drums

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Ballads by Cobb is an album by saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1960 for the Moodsville label

Originally released in November 1960, Ballads by Cobb, as its title suggests, is all slow ballads, putting the emphasis on the Texas tenor’s warm tone.

A Texas tenor player in the tradition of Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb's accessible playing was between swing and early rhythm & blues. His stomping, robust style earned him the title "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax."

Cobb spent most of the 1960s playing back in his native Texas but he returned to the national scene in 1973 and during his final 15 years engaged in many exciting tenor battles, showing that there were few tougher Texas tenors than the legendary Arnett Cobb.

Here, the Wild Man takes a smoother, more emotional approach. The album was recorded Nov. 1, 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J..

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