Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar (1964) [2014 Japan SHM-CD 24-192 Remaster]

Features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD player) and the latest 24bit 192kHz remastering. Smoking work on Hammond from Freddie Roach – a key player in the Blue Note lineup of the 60s, and a strong link between the label's soul jazz and modern sides! The sound here is a really beautiful one – partly in the organ/tenor mode forged by Baby Face Willette and John Patton in their early recordings for Blue Note, but also stretching out in that way that started to show up in Patton's later work, and in the seminal work from the time by Larry Young. Freddie's touch on the keys is really opening up here – clearly driven by some more original ideas that help push the album past the more R&B influenced sound of some of his earlier work. Players on the set include Joe Henderson on tenor, Eddie Wright on guitar, and Clarence Johnston on drums – and title cuts include "Brown Sugar", plus "All Night Long", "Have You Ever Had The Blues", and "The Right Time".

Tracks:

01 - Brown Sugar
02 - The Righ Time
03 - Have You Ever Had The Blues
04 - The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
05 - Next Time You See Me
06 - All Night Long

Personnel:

Freddie Roach - organ
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
Eddie Wright - guitar
Clarence Johnston - drums