Moon Rappin'

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Moon Rappin'
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Studio album by
Brother Jack McDuff
Released1969
RecordedDecember 1, 2, 3 & 11, 1969
Genre Jazz
Length46:00
Label Blue Note
Producer Jack McDuff
Brother Jack McDuff chronology
Down Home Style
(1969)		Moon Rappin'
(1969)		 To Seek a New Home
(1970)

Moon Rappin' is an album by American organist Brother Jack McDuff recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]

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.

Blue Note Records American record label

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. Although the original company did not record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Moon Rappin' is one of Brother Jack McDuff's most ambitious efforts, a loose concept album that finds the organist exploring funky and spacy soundscapes... It's not strictly funky -- it doesn't have the grit of early Brother Jack records, nor does it swing hard -- but it proves that McDuff was as adept in adventurous territory as he was with the groove". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff
  1. "Flat Backin'" - 10:23
  2. "Oblighetto" - 6:36
  3. "Moon Rappin'" - 6:21
  4. "Made in Sweden" - 7:37
  5. "Loose Foot" - 5:03
  • Recorded at Soundview Recording Studio in Kings Park, New York on December 1 (track 1), December 2 (track 2), December 3 (track 3) and December 11 (tracks 4 & 5), 1969.

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Flute musical instrument of the woodwind family

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Note Records discography accessed December 3, 2010
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 3, 2010
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