JACK MCDUFF & FRIENDS
''COLOR ME BLUE''
1992
56:35
1 /Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Joe Greene
2 /Mo' Candy
Jack McDuff
3 /Color Me Blue
4 /Almost Like Being in Love
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
5 /Old Folks
Dedette Lee Hill / Willard Robison
6 /Pump It Up
Jack McDuff
7 /My Funny Valentine
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
8 /Peddlin'
Lamont Dozier
9 /Cry Me a River
Arthur Hamilton
10 /Broadway
Billy Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode
Kevin Axt /Bass, Bass (Electric)
George Benson /Guitar
Joe Dukes /Drums
Ron Eschete /Guitar
Red Holloway Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Jack McDuff /Organ, Organ (Hammond)
Denise Perrier /Vocals
Phil Upchurch /Guitar
Review
by Ron Wynn
Recent cuts showing that organist Jack McDuff can still stomp through bluesy wailers, pound the bass pedals, and lead a hot combo through funky, exuberant numbers. He's heading a group with former band members like guitarist George Benson and drummer Joe Dukes, plus saxophonist Red Holloway, guitarist Ron Eschete and Phil Upchurch, among others.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Brother" Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio.
Career
Born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois, McDuff began playing bass, appearing in Joe Farrell's group. Encouraged by Willis Jackson in whose band he also played bass in the late 50s, McDuff moved to the organ and began to attract the attention of Prestige Records while still with Jackson's group. McDuff soon became a bandleader, leading groups featuring a young George Benson, Red Holloway on saxophone and Joe Dukes on drums.
McDuff recorded many classic albums on Prestige including his debut solo Brother Jack in 1960, The Honeydripper (1961), with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and guitarist Grant Green, and Brother Jack Meets The Boss (1962), featuring Gene Ammons, and Screamin’ (1962).
After his tenure at Prestige, McDuff joined the Atlantic Records label[1] for a brief period and then in the 70s recorded for Blue Note. To Seek a New Home (1970) was recorded in England with a line-up featuring blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon and some of Britain's top jazz musicians of the day, including Terry Smith on guitar and Dick Morrissey on tenor sax.
The decreasing interest in jazz and blues during the late 70s and 1980s meant that many jazz musicians went through a lean time and it wasn't until the late 1980s, with The Re-Entry, recorded for the Muse label in 1988, that McDuff once again began a successful period of recordings, initially for Muse, then on the Concord Jazz label from 1991. George Benson appeared on his mentor’s 1992 Colour Me Blue album.
Despite health problems, McDuff continued working and recording throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and toured Japan with Atsuko Hashimoto in 2000. "Captain" Jack McDuff, as he later became known, died of heart failure at the age of 74 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
''COLOR ME BLUE''
1992
56:35
1 /Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Joe Greene
2 /Mo' Candy
Jack McDuff
3 /Color Me Blue
4 /Almost Like Being in Love
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
5 /Old Folks
Dedette Lee Hill / Willard Robison
6 /Pump It Up
Jack McDuff
7 /My Funny Valentine
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
8 /Peddlin'
Lamont Dozier
9 /Cry Me a River
Arthur Hamilton
10 /Broadway
Billy Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode
Kevin Axt /Bass, Bass (Electric)
George Benson /Guitar
Joe Dukes /Drums
Ron Eschete /Guitar
Red Holloway Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Jack McDuff /Organ, Organ (Hammond)
Denise Perrier /Vocals
Phil Upchurch /Guitar
Review
by Ron Wynn
Recent cuts showing that organist Jack McDuff can still stomp through bluesy wailers, pound the bass pedals, and lead a hot combo through funky, exuberant numbers. He's heading a group with former band members like guitarist George Benson and drummer Joe Dukes, plus saxophonist Red Holloway, guitarist Ron Eschete and Phil Upchurch, among others.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Brother" Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio.
Career
Born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois, McDuff began playing bass, appearing in Joe Farrell's group. Encouraged by Willis Jackson in whose band he also played bass in the late 50s, McDuff moved to the organ and began to attract the attention of Prestige Records while still with Jackson's group. McDuff soon became a bandleader, leading groups featuring a young George Benson, Red Holloway on saxophone and Joe Dukes on drums.
McDuff recorded many classic albums on Prestige including his debut solo Brother Jack in 1960, The Honeydripper (1961), with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and guitarist Grant Green, and Brother Jack Meets The Boss (1962), featuring Gene Ammons, and Screamin’ (1962).
After his tenure at Prestige, McDuff joined the Atlantic Records label[1] for a brief period and then in the 70s recorded for Blue Note. To Seek a New Home (1970) was recorded in England with a line-up featuring blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon and some of Britain's top jazz musicians of the day, including Terry Smith on guitar and Dick Morrissey on tenor sax.
The decreasing interest in jazz and blues during the late 70s and 1980s meant that many jazz musicians went through a lean time and it wasn't until the late 1980s, with The Re-Entry, recorded for the Muse label in 1988, that McDuff once again began a successful period of recordings, initially for Muse, then on the Concord Jazz label from 1991. George Benson appeared on his mentor’s 1992 Colour Me Blue album.
Despite health problems, McDuff continued working and recording throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and toured Japan with Atsuko Hashimoto in 2000. "Captain" Jack McDuff, as he later became known, died of heart failure at the age of 74 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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