| All That's Good | ||||
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| Released | October 1965 [1] | |||
| Recorded | October 16, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:55 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84190 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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All That's Good is the fifth album by American organist Freddie Roach recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label. [2] It was reissued on CD only in Japan, as a limited edition.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars and stated "On his final album for Blue Note, Freddie Roach decided to step outside -- way outside -- the tasteful soul-jazz that had become his trademark. Roach decided to make a concept album, one that captured the sound and vibe of what he calls "Soultown," or what critics like to call "black culture." .... Roach never hits upon a groove, choosing to create a series of bizarre, hazy textures. That atmosphere is catapulted into the realms of the surreal by vocalists Phyllis Smith, Willie Tate, and Marvin Robinson, whose wordless, floating singing sounds spectral; the intent may have been to mimic a gospel choir, but the effect is that of a pack of banshees wailing in the background....in a weird way, it's almost fortunate that Roach attempted something grand, because All That's Good sounds like no other Blue Note record of the early '60s". [3]
All compositions by Freddie Roach except as noted
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