Somethin' Slick!

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Somethin' Slick!
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Studio album by
Jack McDuff
Released1963
RecordedJanuary 8, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7265
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Jack McDuff chronology
Screamin'
(1962)		Somethin' Slick!
(1963)		 Crash!
(1963)
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Somethin' Slick!' is an album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label. [3]

Jack McDuff American musician

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.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "Our Miss Brooks" (Harold Vick) - 10:45
  2. "Somethin' Slick" - 6:34
  3. "Smut" - 6:14
  4. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 7:34
  5. "It's a Wonderful World" (Harold Adamson, Jan Savitt) - 5:23

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.

Harold Vick American musician

Harold Vick was an American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist.

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".

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review, January 16, 2013
  2. ↑ Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23
  3. ↑ Jack McDuff discography accessed January 16, 2013
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