Let 'Em Roll (album)

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Let 'em Roll
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Studio album by
ReleasedMid 1966
RecordedDecember 11, 1965
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length39:58
Label Blue Note
BST 84239
Producer Alfred Lion
"Big" John Patton chronology
Oh Baby!
(1965)
Let 'em Roll
(1966)
Got a Good Thing Goin'
(1966)

Let 'em Roll is an album by American organist Big John Patton recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 5 stars and stated "This is one of the least appreciated of Patton's records, and there's no reason for it; it is great". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Patton except where noted

  1. "Let 'em Roll" – 6:48
  2. "Latona" – 7:23
  3. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:55
  4. "The Turnaround" (Hank Mobley) – 6:49
  5. "Jakey" – 5:37
  6. "One Step Ahead" – 6:26

Personnel

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References

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed November 5, 2010
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Big John Patton: Let 'Em Roll – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1134. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.