Ray Charles Yes Indeed!

 

Atlantic records 1958   lp 8025

  notes:
Yes Indeed!! is a R&B/soul album by Ray Charles, released in 1958
 by Atlantic. It was the second of three Atlantic LPs that compiled
Charles' hit singles for the label.

credits:

Ray Charles - piano, vocals
Joshua Willis - trumpet (track 1)
Joe Bridgewater - trumpet (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9, 12)
John Hunt - trumpet (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
Marcus Belgrave - trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
Lee Harper - trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
Ricky Harper - trumpet (tracks 6, 7, 12)
Charles Whitley - trumpet (track 9)
Jesse Drakes - trumpet (track 13)
Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 9)
David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)
Sam Taylor - tenor saxophone (track 13)
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (track 1)
Emmet Dennis - baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)
David Newman - baritone saxophone (track 9)
Dave McRae - baritone saxophone (track 13)
Wesley Jackson - guitar (track 9)
Mickey Baker - guitar (track 13)
Paul West - bass (track 1)
Roosevelt Sheffield - bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
Edgar Willis - bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
Jimmy Bell - bass (track 9)
Lloyd Trotman - bass (track 13)
Panoma Francis - drums (track 1)
William Peeples - drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14)
Richie Goldberg - drums (tracks 4, 11)
Glenn Brooks - drums (track 9)
Connie Kay - drums (track 13)
The Cookies - vocals (tracks 3, 8, 14)
The Raelettes - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)
Mary Ann Fisher - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)[2]


Released    October, 1958
Recorded    September 11, 1952 - February 20, 1958 in New York City and Atlanta

tracklist:

A1        What Would I Do Without You    2:33
A2        It's All Right    2:15
A3        I Want To Know    3:08
A4        Yes Indeed!
Written-By – Sy Oliver
2:12
A5        Get On The Right Track Baby
Written-By – Ray Charles, Titus Turner
2:20
A6        Talkin' 'Bout You    2:47
A7        Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)    2:18
B1        Lonely Avenue
Written-By – Doc Pomus
2:42
B2        Blackjack    2:15
B3        The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
Written-By – Sam Sweet
2:35
B4        I Had A Dream    2:54
B5        I Want A Little Girl
Written-By – Billy Moll, Murray Mencher
2:54
B6        Heartbreaker
Written-By – A. Nugetre*
2:51
B7        Leave My Woman Alone    2:36

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Don Wilkerson ‎– Elder Don

Blue Note records 1962  ‎– BST 84121

notes:

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

credits:

    Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
    John Acea - piano
    Grant Green - guitar
    Lloyd Trotman - bass
    Willie Bobo - drums

 Producer – Alfred Lion

Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder     May 3, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

tracklist:

A1        Senorita Eula
Written-By – Wilkerson*
A2        San Antonio Rose
Written-By – Bob Wills
A3        Scrappy
Written-By – Wilkerson*
B1        Lone Star Shuffle
Written-By – Wilkerson*
B2        Drawin' A Tip
Written-By – Wilkerson*
B3        Poor Butterfly
Written-By – Gordon*, Hubbell*
 

 

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Don Wilkerson Shoutin'

 

Blue Note records 1963       BLP 4145

 

 notes:

Shoutin' is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson
recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.
 
credits:

    Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
    John Patton - organ
    Grant Green - guitar
    Ben Dixon - drums

 Engineer  Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 29, 1963

tracklist:

A1        Movin' Out
Written-By – Don Wilkerson
A2        Cookin' With Clarence
Written-By – Wilkerson*
A3        Easy Living
Written-By – Robin*, Ranger*
B1        Happy Johnny
Written-By – Wilkerson*
B2        Blues For J
Written-By – Wilkerson*
B3        Sweet Cake
Written-By – Edward Frank

 

 

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Don Wilkerson ‎– The Texas Twister

 

Riverside Records 1960 ‎– RLP 332

 

notes:

The Texas Twister is the debut album by American saxophonist
Don Wilkerson recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.

credits:
    Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone
    Nat Adderley - cornet (tracks 1-4 & 7)
    Barry Harris - piano
    Sam Jones - bass (tracks 1, 4–6)
    Leroy Vinnegar - bass (tracks 2, 3, 7)
    Billy Higgins - drums


Producer – Cannonball Adderley
Recorded By – Wally Heider
Recorded May 19 and 20, 1960, San Francisco, CA.


Mastered By – Jack Matthews
Photography By – Jerry Stoll

tracklist:
A1        The Twister
Written-By – Julian Adderley
6:29
A2        Morning Coffee
Written-By – Barry Harris
7:48
A3        Idiom
Written-By – Jim Martin
5:14
B1        Jelly-Roll
Written-By – Don Wilkerson
7:40
B2        Easy To Love
Written-By – Cole Porter
4:34
B3        Where or When
Written-By – Rodgers And Hart
3:58
B4        Media
Written-By – Jim Martin
4:55

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Don Wilkerson Preach Brother!

 

Blue Note records 1962  BST 84107

notes:
Preach Brother! is an album by American saxophonist
Don Wilkerson recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label.
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded
the album 4 stars and stated, "The result is another fine record
that proves Wilkerson was one of the best, hardest-hitting
 soul-jazz saxophonists of the early '60s"


credits:

    Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone, tambourine
    Sonny Clark - piano
    Grant Green - guitar
    Butch Warren - bass
    Billy Higgins - drums
    Jual Curtis - tambourine (tracks 3-4)

recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18, 1962
Recorded By  Rudy Van Gelder

tracklist:

All compositions by Don Wilkerson

A1 Jeanie-Weenie - 5:01         
A2 Homesick Blues - 6:40         
A3 Dem Tambourines - 5:38        
B1 Camp Meetin' - 4:44         
B2 The Eldorado Shuffle - 6:28         
B3 Pigeon Peas - 8:35

 

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