Getting Our Thing Together

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Getting Our Thing Together
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Studio album by
Jack McDuff
Released1968
RecordedOctober 1968
StudioTer Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz
Label Cadet
LPS 817
Producer Lew Futterman
Jack McDuff chronology
The Natural Thing
(1968)		Getting Our Thing Together
(1968)		 Gin and Orange
(1969)

Getting Our Thing Together is a 1968 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his second release on the Cadet label. [1] [2]

Jack McDuff American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader

Eugene McDuff, known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break.

Cadet Records was an American record label that began as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK. Cadet stopped releasing records around 1974, when its artists were moved to Chess.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "Win, Lose Or Draw" (Harold Ousley) - 3:00 (Arranged by Richard Evans) [3]
  2. "Black Is!" - 2:54 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]
  3. "Jelly Jam" (Larry Tassi, Bob Sedita, Mike Sagarese, Greg Geddes) - 4:00 (Arranged by Richard Evans) [3]
  4. "The Pulpit" - 5:49 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]
  5. "You Sho' Walk Funky" (Richard Evans) - 3:30 (Arranged by Richard Evans) [3]
  6. "Hold It for a Minute" - 4:30 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]
  7. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:08 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]
  8. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) - 4:27 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]
  9. "Two Lines" - 4:40 (Arranged by Brother Jack McDuff) [3]

Personnel

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Arrangement musical composition in altered form

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited to the assignment of notes to instruments for performance by an orchestra, concert band, or other musical ensemble. Arranging "involves adding compositional techniques, such as new thematic material for introductions, transitions, or modulations, and endings.. .. Arranging is the art of giving an existing melody musical variety".

Big band music ensemble associated with jazz and Swing Era music

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music. One problem with this usage is that it overlooks the variety of music played by these bands.

Other Credits [3]

Nancy Beth Reiner was an artist whose work was featured as the cover art of various record albums between 1967 and 1971. She is most notable as the cover artist for The Cry of Love, the 1971 posthumous album by Jimi Hendrix.

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References

  1. ↑ Jack McDuff discography accessed January 22, 2013
  2. ↑ Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971) accessed January 22, 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Credits - Getting Our Thing Together; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-12.


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