In My Solitude (Willis Jackson album)

In My Solitude is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Moodsville label.

Track listing

1. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) – 4:13
2. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 3:44
3. "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:03
4. "Estrellita" (Manuel Ponce) – 4:10
5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:02
6. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Michael E. Rourke) – 3:38
7. "Home" (Harry Clarkson, Geoffrey Clarkson, Peter van Steeden) – 5:10
8. "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" (Jimmy van Heusen/Phil Silvers) – 5:26

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 10, 1961 (track 4), and April 11, 1961 (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)

Personnel

• Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Neeley (track 4), Richard Wyands (tracks 1–3 & 5–8) – piano
• Wendell Marshall (track 4), Peck Morrison (tracks 1–3 & 5–8) – bass
• Gus Johnson (track 4), Mickey Roker (tracks 1–3 & 5–8) – drums
• Juan Amalbert – congas (track 4)

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