Mo' Rock

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Mo' Rock
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Studio album by Baby Face Willette
Released 1964
Recorded February 4 and March 17, 1964
Studio Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz
Length38:15
Label Argo
LP-739
Producer Esmond Edwards
Baby Face Willette chronology
Stop and Listen
(1961) Stop and Listen1961		Mo' Rock
(1964)		 Behind the 8 Ball
(1964) Behind the 8 Ball1964

Mo' Rock is an album by organist Baby Face Willette recorded in 1964 and released on the Argo label. [1]

Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, or New Orleans, Louisiana

Argo Records was a record label in Chicago that was established in 1955 as a division of Chess Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Overall, Mo' Rock isn't quite up to the level of Willette's Blue Note sessions, but it's still a very respectable outing, and given the unfortunate skimpiness of his discography, his fans should find it rewarding enough to seek out". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette except where noted

  1. "Mo-Roc" - 4:51
  2. "Bantu Penda" - 5:19
  3. "Dad's Theme" - 5:30
  4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:12
  5. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 3:58
  6. "Unseen and Unknown" - 4:19
  7. "Zip Five" - 5:19
  8. "Sight in Darkness" - 5:09

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.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

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References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed April 17, 2013
  2. 1 2 Huey, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 17, 2013
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