Brothers-4

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Brothers-4
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Studio album by
Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt
Released1969
RecordedSeptember 15, 1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7738
Producer Bob Porter
Don Patterson chronology
Oh Happy Day
(1969)		Brothers-4
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(1969)
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(1969)		Brothers-4
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(1969)

Brothers-4 is an album by organist Don Patterson with saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. [1] The album features guitarist Grant Green, who was credited as Blue Grant for contractual reasons, being then signed to Blue Note Records. The 2001 CD release added 6 bonus tracks recorded at the same session but issued on other albums.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "not the crowning achievement for any of the principals, but they still stand in the front ranks of organ jazz". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Don Patterson except where noted.

  1. "Brothers 4" – 8:52
  2. "Creepin' Home" (Billy James) – 6:50
  3. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) – 8:26
  4. "Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) -8:35
  5. "Donny Brook" (Grant Green) – 8:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Mud Turtle" – 9:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) – 5:28 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Good Bait" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 8:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Starry Night" (John H. Densmore) – 5:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:24 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed April 2, 2013
  2. 1 2 Todd, J. Allmusic Review, accessed April 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1347. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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