Brother Jack McDuff - Tobacco Road/Do It Now!

The four albums Brother Jack McDuff released on Atlantic between 1966 and 1968 were in a more purely R&B vein than the soul-jazz the organist played on his earlier work for Prestige. While the Atlantic dates had an eye on success in pop markets, they still offer jazz-organ fans plenty of Mcduff's agile, driving sound. This reissue pulls together two of the releases from 1967. The programs are a mix of blues, pop tunes, standards, and Mcduff originals. Atlantic's bid to get Mcduff airplay means, in the interest of brevity, that almost half the tracks fade out on the endings. Read More