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Brother Jack Meets the Boss

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Released
  
1962

Length
  
36:53

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Prestige Records

Recorded
  
January 23, 1962

Artists
  
Gene Ammons, Jack McDuff

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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Similar
  
Gene Ammons albums, Jazz albums

Brother Jack Meets the Boss is an album by organist Jack McDuff and saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "this is a very successful soul-jazz/hard bop outing... Ammons, whose every note was always full of passion, fits in perfectly with McDuff's group".

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except where noted.

  1. "Watch Out" – 5:08
  2. "Strollin'" (Horace Silver) – 6:14
  3. "Mellow Gravy" – 5:00
  4. "Christopher Columbus" (Chu Berry, Andy Razaf) – 6:22
  5. "Buzzin' Round" (Michael Edwards, Jack McDuff) – 6:12
  6. "Mr. Clean" (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) – 7:57

Personnel

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Jack McDuff – organ
  • Harold Vick – tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Diehl – guitar
  • Joe Dukes – drums

    • Songs

    1Watch Out5:12
    2Strollin'6:15
    3Mellow Gravy5:03

    References

    Brother Jack Meets the Boss Wikipedia
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