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Rusty Bryant: Legends of Acid Jazz Vol. Two

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by Douglas Payne
February 1, 1999

Two of the greatest and most sought-after anthems of the acid jazz craze are the title tracks to the two LPs compiled on this one CD. The tough, Gene Ammons-influenced tenor Rusty Bryant (1929-91) recorded eight records for Prestige Records between 1969 and 1974. All are worth hearing. But the two from 1971 featured ...

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Boogaloo Joe Jones: Legends of Acid Jazz Vol. Two

by Douglas Payne
February 1, 1999

In the few years he recorded and performed (roughly from 1966 to 1978), guitarist Ivan “Boogaloo Joe" Jones (b. 1940) never really got his due as an exciting, rapid-fire R & B plecterist. His sound and style clearly derived from blues. But it was a solid understanding of rock that Jones brought to his ...

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Trudy Pitts/Pat Martino: Legends of Acid Jazz

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by Douglas Payne
February 1, 1999

Organist Trudy Pitts, who still lives and plays in Philadelphia, is a classically trained pianist whose lounge-jazz organ style was captured on four Prestige albums during 1967-68. Legends of Acid Jazz: Trudy Pitts/Pat Martino collects the first two of these, Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts and These Blues of Mine.Like Shirley Scott and Gloria ...

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Sonny Stitt/Don Patterson: Legends of Acid Jazz Vol. Two

by Douglas Payne
February 1, 1999

Legends of Acid Jazz: Sonny Stitt/Don Patterson Vol. 2 is misnamed for at least a couple of reasons. Sax man Sonny Stitt (1924-82) and organist Don Patterson (1936-88) both had earlier releases in Prestige's Acid Jazz series...but not together. And the two albums from September 1968 reproduced here in their entirety, have nothing whatsoever ...

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