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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name        = 'Gator Tails
| Type        = Studio
| Artist      = [[Willis Jackson (saxophonist)|Willis Jackson]]
| Cover       = 'Gator Tails.jpg
| Released    = 1964
| Recorded    = March 18 & June 23, 1964<br><small>New York City
| Genre       = [[Jazz]]
| Length      = 
| Label       = [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br><small>V/V6 8589 
| Producer    = [[Creed Taylor]]
| Chronology  = [[Willis Jackson (saxophonist)|Willis Jackson]]
| Last album  = ''[[Tell It...]]''<br>(1964)
| This album  = ''''''Gator Tails'''''<br>(1964)
| Next album  = ''[[Smoking with Willis]]''<br>(1965)
}}

''''''Gator Tails'''''' (also released as '''''Willis Jackson''''') is an album by saxophonist [[Willis Jackson (saxophonist)|Willis Jackson]] with orchestra which was recorded in 1964 and released on the [[Verve Records|Verve]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7300-series/#pr-7329 Prestige Records discography] accessed March 5, 2013</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}
[[Allmusic]] awarded the album 3 stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/gator-tails-mw0000897340 Allmusic listing] accessed March 5, 2013</ref>

== Track listing ==
''All compositions by Willis Jackson except as indicated''
# "[[I Almost Lost My Mind]]" ([[Ivory Joe Hunter]]) - 2:45   
# "The Crocodile" - 4:00   
# "[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]" ([[Barry Mann]], [[Cynthia Weil]], [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller|Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller]]) - 2:23   
# "Swimmin' Home, Baby (Fruit Cake)" (Ben Tucker) - 2:15   
# "The Skillet" (Claus Ogerman) - 2:52   
# "[[Frankie and Johnny (song)|Frankie and Johnny]]" (Traditional) - 4:18   
# "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]]) - 4:10   
# "[[The Lonesome Road|Lonesome Road]]" ([[Nathaniel Shilkret]], [[Gene Austin]]) - 3:24   
# "Early One Morning (Part 2)" - 5:50  
*Recorded in New York City on March 18, 1964 (tracks 4 & 9) and June 23, 1964 (tracks 1-3 & 5-8)

== Personnel ==
*[[Willis Jackson (saxophonist)|Willis Jackson]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*Robert Banks, [[Claus Ogerman]] - [[arrangement|arranger]], [[conducting|conductor]]
*Unidentified Orchestra
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Willis Jackson (saxophonist) albums]]
[[Category:1964 albums]]
[[Category:Verve Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums conducted by Claus Ogerman]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Claus Ogerman]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Creed Taylor]]