Bottoms Up (Illinois Jacquet album)

Bottoms Up is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Bottoms Up
Studio album by Illinois Jacquet
Released	1968
Recorded	March 26, 1968 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:46
Label	Prestige PR 7575
Producer	Don Schlitten
Illinois Jacquet chronology
Go Power! (1966) Bottoms Up (1968) The King! (1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Even in 1968 when the jazz avant-garde was becoming quite influential, tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet played in his own timeless style, performing in an idiom little changed during the previous 20 years".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except where noted.

1. "Bottoms Up" – 3:21
2. "Port of Rico" – 4:12
3. "You Left Me All Alone" – 3:51
4. "Sassy" (Milt Buckner) – 5:41
5. "Jivin' with Jack the Bellboy" (Bill Doggett, Illinois Jacquet) – 5:40
6. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:12
7. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 5:28
8. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:09

Personnel

• Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
• Barry Harris – piano
• Ben Tucker – bass
• Alan Dawson – drums

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 16, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 16, 2013
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 111. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.