| The Soul Brotherhood | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1969 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:03 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7630 | |||
| Producer | Bob Porter | |||
| Charles Kynard chronology | ||||
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The Soul Brotherhood is an album by organist Charles Kynard which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "From the title track, Kynard has the proceedings firmly in hand, his sweeping right hand carries both the middle and the high registers of the instrument in a flighty idiomatic spiral of harmonic invention that never leaves its root in the blues". [2]
All compositions by Charles Kynard except as noted
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