The Good Life is an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography accessed February 25, 2013
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "IIt's pleasing, if unsurprising, early-'60s organ soul-jazz with a good balance between brass, organ, and guitar, perhaps more useful as club groove music than home listening".Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed February 25, 2013
Track listing "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) – 5:06 "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 4:05 "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart) – 3:44 "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:57 "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 4:16 "Troubled Times" (Willis Jackson, Wade Marcus, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 4:54 "Walk Right In" (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) – 6:05 Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 23 (tracks 1–5), & May 24 (tracks 6 & 7), 1963
Personnel Willis Jackson – tenor saxophone Frank Robinson – trumpet Carl Wilson – organ Pat Martino – guitar Leonard Gaskin – bass (tracks 6 & 7) Joe Hadrick – drums
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