Desert Winds
by Illinois Jacquet
- Type: Album
- Released: 1964
- Label: Argo
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:02
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Desert Winds' places Illinois Jacquet's big-toned tenor saxophone in a soul-jazz and hard bop setting. The album balances his swing-era roots with the warmer groove language that shaped much early-1960s jazz recording.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation
Tracklist
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home (5:22)
- Desert Winds (4:20)
- Star Eyes (4:16)
- Blues For The Early Bird (3:17)
- Lester Leaps In (7:38)
- You're My Thrill (3:53)
- Canadian Sunset (6:13)
Credits
- Illinois Jacquet - primary artist, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Wendell Marshall - bass
- Ray Lucas - drums
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Wille Rodriguez - percussion [latin drums]
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- R. D. Harlan - sleeve notes
- Esmond Edwards - supervised by, cover [cover art], written-by