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Released
  
1966

Tobacco Road(1966)
  
Do It Now!(1966-67)

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
34:00

Artist
  
Jack McDuff

Producer
  
Lew Futterman

Genre
  
Soul jazz

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Recorded
  
August 22 & 23, 1966Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois

Similar
  
Jack McDuff albums, Soul jazz albums, Other albums

Tobacco Road is a 1966 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his second release on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Brother jack mcduff the shadow of your smile


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Tobacco Road stands out from the pack... no matter what format, the tunes are given fantastically funked-up treatments that sound surprisingly natural".

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) - 2:04
  2. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) - 2:56
  3. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:52
  4. "Can't Get Satisfied" - 5:11
  5. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 2:39
  6. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) - 4:11
  7. "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) - 2:36
  8. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 5:55
  9. "Wade in the Water" - 4:36
  • Recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago on August 22 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) and August 23 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), 1966.

    • Personnel

  • Jack McDuff - organ, arranger
  • Fred Berry, King Kolax - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • John Watson - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Red Holloway - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Danny Turner - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9)
  • Lonnie Simmons - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Bobby Christian - vibraphone, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Roland Faulkner (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Calvin Green (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9) - guitar
  • Loyal J. Gresham - electric bass (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Joe Dukes (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), Bob Guthrie (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) - drums
  • J. J. Jackson - arranger, conductor (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)

    • Songs

    1Teardrops From My Eyes2:05
    2Tobacco Road2:59
    3The Shadow of Your Smile3:54

    References

    Tobacco Road (Jack McDuff album) Wikipedia
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