Brother Jack McDuff - Moon Rappin'

Year : 1970
Label : Blue Note
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk

Recorded in four days in New York, december 1969, "Moon Rappin" is a typical Soul Jazz-Funk album of its time, featuring Richard Davis, Joe Dukes and the voice of Soul/Jazz songstress Jean DuShon. "Moon Rappin" explores the space soundscapes including reverb effects, straight-ahead jazz codes, bluesy inspirations. An iconic album sampled many times by various Hip-Hop artists such as A Tribe Called Quest on "Scenario" (The Low End Theory - 1991), which contains a sample of "Oblighetto", or more recently the eponymous track by the Hip-Hop collective from Brooklyn "Pro Era" on "Vinyls" (P.E.E.P: The aPROcalypse - 2012). All tracks produced & arranged by Brother Jack McDuff.

MUSICIANS : Brother Jack McDuff - organ - Bill Phillips - tenor saxophone, flute - Richard Davis - bass - Jerry Byrd - guitar - Joe Dukes - drums - Jean DuShon - vocal

Brother Jack McDuff - Tobacco Road

Year : 1967
Label : Atlantic
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz

Focused on standards soul grooves and pop tunes, this album was recorded at Chess Studios in 1966 by Brother Jack McDuff and his legendary Hammond B-3. Titles include Shadow Of Your Smile, song from Bob Dylan, Blowin' In The Wind, two original compositions of McDuff, Can't Get Satisfied & Wade In The Water. Arranged & conducted by J.J. Jackson except track 3, 4, 6 and 9 by Brother Jack McDuff.

Brother Jack McDuff_organ

Roland Faulkner & Calvin Green_guitar 

Danny Turner_flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone 

Red Holloway_tenor saxophone

Lonnie Simmons_baritone saxophone

Frederick Berry & King Kolax_trumpet

John Watson_trombone 

Bobby Christian_vibraphone, percussion 

Joe Dukes & Robert Guthrie_drums. 

01. Teardrops From My Eyes
02. Tobacco Road
03. Shadow Of Your Smile
04. Can't Get Satisfied
05. Blowin' In The Wind
06. And the Angels Sing
07. This Bitter Earth See
08. Alexander's Ragtime Band
09. Wade In The Water

Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman - Double Barrelled Soul

Year : 1968

Label : Atlantic
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz

McDuff meets David 'Fathead' Newman on this great Atlantic record featuring Melvin Sparks, Leo Johnson,  Abe Blasingame and Danny Turner. Mc Duff played in group The Honeydripper in 1961 with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and guitarist Grant Green, launched the career of the young George Benson (The New Boss Guitar, 1964) while David 'Fathead' Newman played in Ray Charles band in the fifties and on Herbie Mann' Hold on I'm Coming (live in New York & Montreux Festival in 1972). Titles include But It's Alright by Soul Singer J.J. Jackson, nice version of Bobby Hebb' Sunny, the awesome pefect groove Duffin' Around and More Head by Newman.

Brother Jack McDuff_organ

David Newman_alto, tenor saxophone & flute

Melvin Sparks_guitar

Abe Blasingame_drums

Danny Turner_alto saxophone

Leo Johnson_tenor saxophone & flute

01. But It's Alright

02. Sunny
03. Esperanto
04. Duffin' Round
05. More Head
06. Untitled Blues