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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.

Last revised
Jul 18, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
247 w
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Source
Easterly Winds
Studio album by
ReleasedEarly February 19681
RecordedSeptember 22, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length38:05
LabelBlue Note
BST 84270
ProducerDuke Pearson
Jack Wilson chronology
Something Personal
(1966)
Easterly Winds
(1968)
Song for My Daughter
(1968)

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

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
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar3
Tom HullB4

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

References

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.