Home »
Jazz Articles » Album Review » Brother Jack McDuff: The Concert McDuff
Brother Jack McDuff: The Concert McDuff
Jimmy Smith may be the king of the Hammond B-3, but in the 1960s Brother Jack McDuff could produce records equal to just about anything Smith put out, particularly when recorded in a live setting. The eleven tracks featured here are culled from a variety of concert recordings from Newark to Stockholm and all cook like mad; “Love Walked In” is taken at a much faster tempo than Gershwin probably ever intended and even “Four Brothers” becomes a scorcher in the hands of the quartet. Organ combos usually falter when they stray from the standard repertoire, but offbeat selections like “Midnight Sun” and “The Girl From Ipanema” are handled with care and give the band the opportunity to indulge in slower grooves.
McDuff always had a knack for discovering young guitar talent, and most of these tracks feature George Benson, whose nimble, crisply articulated playing is McDuff’s trump card (one selection features Pat Martino, McDuff’s next find). Both Red Holloway and Joe Dukes serve valuable roles in fanning the flames. All in all, an organ record that stands head and shoulders above most.
Track Listing
Undecided (alternate)/ Love Walked In/ Midnight Sun/ Swedenin
Personnel
Jack McDuff- organ; Red Holloway- tenor saxophone; George Benson- guitar; Pat Martino- guitar*; Joe Dukes- drums. Recorded: June 5, 1963, Newark, NJ, July 1964, Stockholm and late 1965 or early 1966, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Album information
Title: The Concert McDuff
| Year Released: 2002
| Record Label: Fantasy Jazz
PREVIOUS / NEXT
Support All About Jazz

All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.
Go Ad Free!
To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to
future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by
making a donation today.