Brother Jack McDuff - Do It Now! (1967) [2013 Japan 24-bit Remaster]

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. There was a lot of change in the air in 1967 when Jack McDuff released “Do it Now”, and that is reflected on many of the tracks on this fine soul jazz disc. In 67 James Brown was still developing the new funk sound, he had already hit us with the semi-funk of “I Feel Good”, but had not quite hit the pure funk heights of “I Got the Feelin” and “Say it Loud”. The first and last cuts on side one of McDuff‘s “Do it Now” are not quite full-on funk jazz numbers, but you can clearly hear the influence of James’ recent hits. In fact, side two closer and title cut, “Do it Now“, sounds like its based on that famous walk down riff from “I Feel Good”.

Tracks:

01 - Snap Back Jack
02 - Mush Melon
03 - Summer Samba
04 - Do It Now
05 - Strolling Blues
06 - Pleasant Moments
07 - Mutt & J

Personnel:

Brother Jack McDuff - Hammond organ
Danny Turner - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Leo Johnson - tenor saxophone, flute
Melvin Sparks - electric guitar
Ray Appleton - drums
Ray Lucas - drums