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Jack McDuff: Brotherly Love
by AAJ Staff
Brotherly Love would have been one of those feel-good Jack McDuff albums that reunites some of his early collaborators and some of the musicians he helped train (dozens of them!)...were it not his last album.Instead, Brotherly Love takes on a double meaning: a reference to the Philadelphians who join him on the album (Pat ...
Jack McDuff: Brotherly Love
by AAJ Staff
Brotherly Love would have been one of those feel-good Jack McDuff albums that reunites some of his early collaborators and some of the musicians he helped train (dozens of them!)...were it not his last album.Instead, Brotherly Love takes on a double meaning: a reference to the Philadelphians who join him on the album (Pat ...
Jack McDuff: The Soulful Drums
by Derek Taylor
Essentially collaborative ventures the two albums collected on this Prestige two-fer are not only vehicles for McDuff but also, as the title denotes the Soul-injected percussion of Joe Dukes. Both sessions are heavy on grooves, but each suffers from the clichés of the soul jazz idiom despite the dynamic drum play at the core of the ...
A Chat With Eric Alexander
by C. Andrew Hovan
One of the few “young lions" who is more influenced by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman than by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has come very far with his career in a short period of time. Following his first year of studying classical music at Indiana University as an alto player, Alexander ...
Bringin' It Home
By Jack McDuff
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Cold Duck Time; The Scratch; Girl Talk; After Hours; This Masquerade; A Time for Love; Moohah! Joe Dukes; Summertime; Pettin’ the Cat.
Jack McDuff: Brother Jack
by AAJ Staff
One thing leads to another: Willis Jackson came to Prestige to revive his career, and in the process started another. The label was eager to join the organ arena, but their Shirley Scott/Lockjaw albums met little commercial success. Willis brought his band to the studio; Prestige liked what they heard. Two sidemen got contracts: Bill Jennings’ ...
Jack McDuff: Brother Jack
by Douglas Payne
Organist Jack McDuff (b. 1926, Champaign, Illinois) got his start playing piano in his father's church. But, oddly enough, he began his jazz career as a bassist in several mid-west bands. Eventually he switched to organ, earning the name “Brother Jack" for his gospel-style burning on the Hammond B-3. He acquired notoriety as part of Willis ...
Jack McDuff: The Re-Entry
by Douglas Payne
The Re-Entry , originally recorded and released on Muse Records in 1988, was Brother Jack McDuff's first recording after a four-year absence from the studios. This, the first of the two Muse dates McDuff recorded with producer/tenor man Houston Person, also features Ron Bridgewater on tenor, Cecil Bridgewater on trumpet, John Hart on ...
