Performance · Production
Willis Jackson
tenor saxophonist
Miami, United States • 1932-04-25 – 1987-10-25
Willis Jackson is credited on 352 releases across 122 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
352
Pressings credited
122
Albums
8
Decades active
66
In collections
Credited work
352 releases · 122 albums · active 1951–2025
- Performance · 568
- Production · 5
- Other credits · 4
Studios: A&R Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · RCA Studios, New York · Sound Exchange Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
National Lampoon's Animal House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Night Lights
2025
Homeless Brother
1974
Blues Roots
1968
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985
Headed And Gutted
1974
Together Again!
1965
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 (Volume 1 1947-1952)
1985
Atlantic R&B (Volume 1: 1947-1952)
2006
Sunday Afternoon At Dingwalls (Classic Moves And Grooves From The Legendary Club)
2006
Jazz For When You're Alone
1999
Live! Action
1965
Jackson's Action!
1964
The Good Life
1963
'Gator Tails
1964
Fever
1958
Ruth Brown
1957
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Willis Jackson And His Orchestra
- Little Willie John
- Harlem Underground Band
- "Willis ""Gator Tail"" Jackson"
- RZA
- Jump With Joey
- George Benson
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