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Pierre Sward Organ Jazz 'n' Soul Group: Slow But Fast

by Chris Mosey
April 27, 2013

This album poses two problems. First: the electric organ. Even when played by a master like Jimmy Smith, monotony can easily set in. It's something to do with the way the instrument dominates so completely, leaving no space. Problem No.2: funk, the dominant genre on Slow But Fast. The idea is to hit a groove, preferably--as US DJ Pete Fallico explains in his sleeve note, one of the “in-the-pocket" variety--and then do it to death. Again, monotony ...