Jack McDuff Big Band - Prelude (2003)

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Artist: Jack McDuff Big Band
Title: Prelude
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Prestige[PRCD-24283-2]
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 79:39
Total Size: 497 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. A Kettle of Fish
2. Candlelight
3. Put on a Happy Face
4. Prelude
5. Mean to Me
6. Carry Me Home
7. Easy Living
8. Oh, Look at Me Now
9. Dig Cousin Will
10. Theme From The Carpetbaggers
11. Theme From The Pink Panther
12. You'd Better Love Me
13. Once in a Lifetime
14. Rock-A-Bye
15. English Country Gardens
16. Shortnin' Bread
17. Walk on By
18. Talking About My Woman
19. Jersey Bounce
20. Too Many Fish in the Sea

Recording DateDecember 24, 1963 - February, 1966 Van Gelder Studios

Prelude was a successful match of McDuff's small-combo organ jazz with big band arrangements by Benny Golson. In part, that was because the blend was well-executed, never fighting with or drowning out McDuff's organ. But it was also because the mixture made it stand out amidst the scads of organ jazz records being churned out in the early '60s. While a very young George Benson was in the core quartet on guitar, a dozen others supplemented the players, including trumpets, trombones, French horns, and saxophones. McDuff wrote about half the material, and while Golson was responsible for just one number, it's the standout title track, "Prelude." That nine-minute piece moves from an opening of almost classical orchestrated grand solemnity to a slow-bopping section dwelling on McDuff's mourning organ. Nothing else on the album matches it, but the rest is pretty good, sometimes leading off with other Golson orchestrations; Benson gets a chance to steal the solo spotlight for a bit in "Dig Cousin Will."~Richie Unterberger

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