The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land
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The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land was J.J. Jackson's first UK-recorded album following his hit single "But It's Alright", also recorded in the UK.

Track listing

  1. "Tobacco Road
    Tobacco Road (song)
    "Tobacco Road" is a song written and first recorded by John D. Loudermilk in 1960 that was a hit for The Nashville Teens in 1964 and has since become a standard across several musical genres....

    " (John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...

    )
  2. "Tenement Halls"
  3. "Something for My People" (4:02)
  4. "In the Same Old Way"
  5. "A Change Is Gonna Come
    A Change Is Gonna Come (song)
    "A Change Is Gonna Come" is a 1964 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written and first recorded in 1963 and released under the RCA Victor label shortly after his death in late 1964. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, the song came to exemplify the...

    " (Sam Cooke
    Sam Cooke
    Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...

    ) (6:31)
  6. "Fat, Black, & Together"
  7. "Win Lose Or Draw"
  8. "That's Woman Loving Her Man"
  9. "In the Same Old Way"

Personnel

  • J.J. Jackson - vocals, piano, percussion and arrangements
  • Dick Morrissey
    Dick Morrissey
    Richard Edwin "Dick" Morrissey was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute.- Background :...

     - Tenor saxophone
  • Stu Hamer - Trumpet
  • Terry Smith
    Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)
    Terence 'Terry' Smith is a British Jazz guitarist.-Biography:Twice winner of the Melody Maker Music Polls, Smith spent the early 1960s playing with the Tony Lee Trio, before becoming Scott Walker's musical director and accompanying The Walker Brothers on their Japan tour in 1968...

     - Guitar
  • Larry Steele - Bass
  • Ronnie Stephenson
    Ronnie Stephenson
    Ronnie Stephenson was an English jazz drummer.-Biography:Stephenson was one of the most in-demand drummers on the British jazz scene in the 1960s....

     - Drums
  • Jeff Whittaker - Conga
  • John Stanley Marshall
    John Stanley Marshall
    John Stanley Marshall, better known as John Marshall, born 28 August 1941 in Isleworth, Middlesex, is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus and has worked with various other jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J.J...

     - Drums
  • Rico Rodriguez
    Rico Rodriguez
    Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...

     - Trombone
  • Roy Edwards
    Roy Edwards
    Allan Roy Edwards was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 206 games in the National Hockey League. He was born in Seneca Township, Ontario. On June 6, 1967 Pittsburgh Penguins selected him in the expanstion draft, but traded Edwards to the Detroit Red Wings the next day...

     - Trumpet
  • Bill Eyden
    Bill Eyden
    Bill Eyden was a renowned English jazz drummer....

    - Drums
  • Brian Henderson - Organ, keyboards
  • Terry Jenkins - Drums
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