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Eldredge Jackson: Listening Pleasure

Read "Listening Pleasure" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
December 11, 2008

There is being in a groove, and then there's getting one's groove on. Either one works for saxophonist Eldredge Jackson's debut album, Listening Pleasure. This 13-track effort is a little bit Richard Elliott, a little bit Kirk Whalum and a little bit Gerald Albright. But it's all Eldredge Jackson and Wayman Tisdale.Jackson co-produced the album with Tisdale. During his career in the National Basketball Association, Tisdale sat in with Jackson's band. Each has a father who was pastor ...