Don Wilkerson Catalog

1960 (age 28)

Don Wilkerson - The Texas Twister   Riverside RLP 332   1960

Nat Adderley, cornet #1-4,7; Don Wilkerson, tenor sax; Barry Harris, piano; Sam Jones, bass #1,4-6; Leroy Vinnegar, bass #2,3,7; Billy Higgins, drums.

Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA, May 19 and 20, 1960

1.The Twister
2.Morning Coffee
3.Idiom
4.Jelly-Roll
5.Easy To Love
6.Where Or When
7.Media

** also released on Riverside RLP 1186 in 1960; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1950-2 in 2001.

1962 (age 30)

Don Wilkerson - Elder Don   Blue Note BLP 4121   1963

Don Wilkerson, tenor sax; Johnny Acea, piano; Grant Green, guitar; Lloyd Trotman, bass; Willie Bobo, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 3, 1962

tk.5Drawin' A Tip
tk.6Senorita Eula
tk.9Poor Butterfly
tk.13Scrappy
tk.15San Antonio Rose
tk.22Lone Star Shuffle

** also released on Blue Note BST 84121 in 1963.
** part of The Complete Blue Note Sessions, Blue Note 7243 5 24555 2 2 in 2001.

Don Wilkerson - Preach Brother!   Blue Note BLP 4107   1962

Don Wilkerson, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Grant Green, guitar; Butch Warren, bass; Billy Higgins, drums; Jual Curtis, tambourine #5,6; Don Wilkerson, tambourine #6.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18, 1962

1. tk.3Jeanie-Weenie
2. tk.4Pigeon Peas
3. tk.6The Eldorado Shuffle
4. tk.8Homesick Blues
5. tk.9Camp Meetin'
6. tk.13Dem Tambourines

** also released on Blue Note BST 84107 in 1962.
** part of The Complete Blue Note Sessions, Blue Note 7243 5 24555 2 2 in 2001.

1963

Don Wilkerson - Shoutin'   Blue Note BLP 4145   1965

Don Wilkerson, tenor sax; John Patton, organ; Grant Green, guitar; Ben Dixon, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 29, 1963

tk.4Sweet Cake
tk.8Cookin' With Clarence
tk.12Movin' Out
tk.13Happy Johnny
tk.17Easy Living
tk.21Blues For J

** also released on Blue Note BST 84145 in 1965.
** part of The Complete Blue Note Sessions, Blue Note 7243 5 24555 2 2 in 2001.

1979 (age 47)

Don Wilkerson - Low Down Dirty Shame Parts 1 & 2   Tomel Records 101   late 1970s?

John D. Wilkerson as Don Wilkerson, vocal, alto sax.

Los Angeles, CA?, late 1970s?

Low Down Dirty Shame (Prt.1)
Low Down Dirty Shame (Prt.2)