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Jackie King, Willie Nelson
Gypsy
Genres: Country, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. The Gypsy
2. The Nearness Of You
3. Heart Of A Clown
4. Once In Awhile
5. Jealous Heart
6. Back Home In Indiana
7. My Window Faces The South
8. Cherokee
9. San Antonio Rose
10. Lover Come Back To Me

CD Details

All Artists: Jackie King, Willie Nelson
Title: Gypsy
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Free Falls Ent.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 6/19/2001
Genres: Country, Jazz, Pop
Style: Smooth Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 688197701421

Synopsis

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Jackie King has been a professional guitarist since he was a teenager in San Antonio in the 1950s, and although he hails from the birthplace of Western swing and performs a few songs with Willie Nelson, his brand of jazz owes more to New York nightclubs than to Texas honky-tonks. King is a masterful technician, and on standards such as "The Nearness of You" and "Lover Come Back to Me" he blends melodic inspiration with harmonic sophistication. He is backed by an excellent band that includes pianist Don Haas, drummer Bob Scott, and bassists Jon Blondell and Andrew Higgins. Willie Nelson adds his distinctive vocals and guitar picking to few tracks, including "Jealous Heart," "The Gypsy," "The Heart of a Clown," and a version of the Bob Wills classic "San Antonio Rose," which, considering it was performed by two Texas boys, oddly enough doesn't include any fiddle. But that small lapse aside, The Gypsy is a fine recording from a guitarist who should have stepped into the spotlight years ago. --Michael Simmons

CD Reviews

Poitively A No-Risk-Disc

marleyscott | Long Island, NY | 09/24/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Jackie King and Willie Nelson have been playing together for more than twenty years. You may recall an album Willie put out around 1982 called Angel Eyes. That record consisted mainly of ballads and one uptempo number; My Window Faces The South. Here they reprise that fine old western swing classic along with San Antonio Rose, an old Bob Wills chestnut that has become a signiture tune for Willie. The balance of the material consists of standards like Lover Come Back To Me, The Nearness Of You, Jealous Heart and the big-band swing instrumental Cherokee. The results are astonishing to say the least.Here's a record you'll find hard to stop listening to. Believe me I've tried and I keep comming back to it. The masterful interplay between Jackie's always tastefull, never overstated jazz licks and Willie's own fine finger-picking and honey sweet voice is an unbeatable combination. Gypsy is as close to what you might imagine Django Rhinehart sounding like in today's high-tech recording studio. If you're a fan of Willie's instrumental album Night And Day, released approximately a year and half ago, then you will absolutely flip over Gypsy. This is poitively and no-risk disc...Let me say that again. THIS ONE IS POSITVELY A NO-RISK-DISC!!!!"

I'll Repeat That 4 The 3rd Time

marleyscott | 01/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"So you've never seen Jackie King perform live?.....Well I have...Twice at Westbury Music Fair along with one of the greatest jazz guitarist of all time...Yes the one and only Willie Nelson. That's right Willie can pick that old Martin guitar and Jackie is....Well Jackie is brilliant. His work with Willie throughout their years, has always been spectacular. Listen to Angel Eyes, (you might have to settle for vinyl) or catch the Rhino DVD The Willie Nelson Special. Jackie and Willie will just blow your mind. And Gypsy is...all the above and more. Yep, this recording kicks, It's the bomb it even beats the pants off an angry, red-faced Howard Dean. I'm not kidding.
Again I'll say, This Is Posotively A NO-RISK-Disc!!!!!!"