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Released
  
1989

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Artist
  
Cold Sweat

Label
  
JMT Records

Length
  
40:37

Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (1989)
  
4 Play (1991)

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 1988 Media Sound, New York City

Similar
  
4 Play, F‑Stops, Black Bone

Cold Sweat Plays J. B. is an album by trombonist Craig Harris' tribute band Cold Sweat performing compositions by James Brown which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn called it "As fine an example of applying improvisational élan to R&B/soul idiom as you can find in the 80s".

Track listing

All compositions by James Brown except as indicated

  1. "Brown's Prance" (Craig Harris) - 0:52
  2. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) - 6:52
  3. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) - 6:51
  4. "I Got the Feelin'" - 0:17
  5. "Brown's Dance" (Harris) - 3:45
  6. "Showtime Medley:" - (6:26)
    1. "Funky Good Time - 1:45
    2. "I Got the Feelin'" - 0:17
    3. "I Can't Stand It" - 0:56
    4. "Licking Stick" (Brown, Bobby Byrd, Alfred Ellis) - 0:40
    5. "There Was a Time" (Brown, Buddy Hopgood) - 6:26
  7. "Please, Please, Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) - 4:38
  8. "Try Me" - 3:41
  9. "Cold Sweat" (Brown, Ellis) - 7:25

Personnel

  • Craig Harris - trombone, vocals, music director
  • Eddie Allen - trumpet
  • Kenny Rogers - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Booker T. Williams - tenor saxophone
  • Brandon Ross, Fred Wells - electric guitar
  • Clyde Criner - keyboards
  • Alonzo Gardner - electric bass
  • Damon Mendez - drums
  • Kweyao Agyapon - percussion

    • Guests:

  • Olu Dara - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
  • Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
  • David Murray - tenor saxophone (tracks 5 & 9)
  • Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman - percussion (track 6)
  • Sekou Sundiata - vocals (tracks 2 & 6)

    • Songs

    1Brown's Prance0:52
    2Give It Up or Turn It Loose6:53
    3It's a Man's World6:51

    References

    Cold Sweat Plays J. B. Wikipedia
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