Brother Jack McDuff: Bringin' It Home (Concord Jazz CCD-4855).Brother Jack McDuff "Brother" Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926-January 23, 2001) was a jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s. : Bringin' It Home (Concord Jazz CCD-4855) "Brother" Jack McDuff is one of those jazz guys who seems to have been around forever -- and at 72, he is still holding his own with the younger guys. On this Concord Jazz recording, McDuff's Hammond organ sets the groove for experienced sidemen such as George Benson George Benson (b. March 22 1943, Pittsburgh) is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of 21 as a jazz guitarist. He is however, better known to the public at large as a Pop/R&B singer, famous for such hits as "Give Me The Night", "Lady Love Me (One More on guitar, Red Holloway Red Holloway (James W Holloway) is a well-known saxophonist who has performed with famous musicians including Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rushing, Arthur Prysock, Dakota Station, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins, Red Rodney, on tenor sax, and Grady Tate Grady Tate, (born January 14, 1932 in Durham, North Carolina), is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer. He has played with Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Rahsaan on drums, but there are also contributions from younger musicians such as Mark Whitfield on guitar. On one of the cuts, "After Hours," McDuff switches to piano, but most of the cuts are organ quartet/quintet-type arrangements. There may not be a lot of new musical ground broken here, but the music still sounds fresh and eminently enjoyable. If you like B-3 grooves, you'll like this CD, which is very nicely done, including informative liner notes on the session. This is a first-class production all the way. |
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