''Go Power!'' is a live album by saxophonist

Illinois Jacquet Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. Although he was a pioneer of t ...

recorded in Massachusetts in 1966 and released on the

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Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars stating "Buckner's heavy organ sound takes a bit of getting used to (this set would have been much better if he had been on piano) but he does push Jacquet to some fiery playing".Yanow, S
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Track listing

''All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except as indicated'' # "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" ( Burton Lane,

Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatr ...

) - 7:54 # "Illinois Jacquet Flies Again" - 6:52 # "Robbins' Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) - 5:00 # " Watermelon Man" (

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...

) - 5:42 # "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 6:09 # "Pamela's Blues" - 5:06 # "Jan" ( Norman Simmons) - 5:15

Personnel

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

Milt Buckner Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ.Arwulf ArwulfMilt Buckner biography All Music. He pioneered the parallel chords style Feath ...

- organ *

Alan Dawson Alan Dawson (July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996) was an American jazz drummer and percussion teacher based in Boston. Biography Dawson was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Serving in the U.S. Army during ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

References

{{Illinois Jacquet 1966 live albums Cadet Records live albums Illinois Jacquet live albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards