Manufacturers of Soul

Manufacturers of Soul is an album by soul music vocalist Jackie Wilson and jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances of jazz versions of contemporary R&B/soul hits recorded in 1968 and released on the Brunswick label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Funky Broadway" (Lester Christian) – 2:35
2. "For Your Precious Love" (Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler) – 2:40
3. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:47
4. "Ode to Billy Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 4:10
5. "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke) – 2:47
6. "I Was Made to Love Her" (Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:50
7. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:35
8. "I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:41
9. "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:20
10. "Even When You Cry" (Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 2:42
11. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 2:48

Personnel

• Jackie Wilson – vocals
• Count Basie – piano
• Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
• Bill Hughes – bass trombone
• Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Uncredited – bass
• Harold Jones – drums
• Benny Carter – arranger

References