Easterly Winds

Easterly Winds is a 1968 album by American jazz pianist Jack Wilson featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2]

Easterly Winds
Studio album by Jack Wilson
Released	Early February 1968[1]
Recorded	September 22, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:05
Label	Blue Note BST 84270
Producer	Duke Pearson
Jack Wilson chronology
Something Personal (1966) Easterly Winds (1968) Song for My Daughter (1968)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Easterly Winds provides an excellent contrast to Jack Wilson's first Blue Note album, Something Personal. Where his label debut was cool and romantic, Easterly Winds is a brassy, funky collection of soul-jazz and hard bop with instant appeal... It's another impressive, enjoyable effort from one of the most underrated pianists on Blue Note's '60s roster".^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Tom Hull	B[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Wilson except as noted

1. "Do It" - 6:25
2. "On Children" - 5:25
3. "A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel) - 5:46
4. "Easterly Winds" - 5:55
5. "Nirvanna" - 6:34
6. "Frank's Tune" (Frank Strozier) - 8:00

Personnel

• Jack Wilson - piano
• Lee Morgan - trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
• Garnett Brown - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
• Jackie McLean - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6)
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Billy Higgins - drums

References

1. Billboard (February 10, 1968)
2. Blue Note discography accessed November 23, 2010
3. Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2010
4. Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.