Chicken Fat (album)

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Chicken Fat
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Studio album by Mel Brown
Released 1967
Recorded May 31 and June 1, 1967
Genre Blues
Length40:02
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
Mel Brown chronology
Chicken Fat
(1967)		 The Wizard
(1967)

Chicken Fat is the debut album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label. [1]

Mel Brown (guitarist) American jazz guitarist

Mel Brown was an American-born blues guitarist and singer.

Impulse! Records American record label

Impulse! Records is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques of his recordings, the label came to be known as "the house that Trane built".

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "Guitarist Mel Brown is hailed as "An Impulse! Discovery" on Chicken Fat, his debut for the label, and this album does feature a fantastic unique sound... Leave it to Impulse! to put a new spin on the guitar/organ sound. This is hot stuff". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Mel Brown, except as indicated

  1. "Chicken Fat" - 4:16
  2. "Greasy Spoon" (Mel Brown, Herb Ellis, Paul Humphrey) - 5:53
  3. "Home James" - 6:34
  4. "Slalom" (Jules Chaikin) - 2:31
  5. "Hobo Flats" (Oliver Nelson) - 2:18
  6. "Shanty" (Brown, Arthur Wright) - 4:40
  7. "Sad But True" (Ellis) - 5:01
  8. "I'm Goin' to Jackson" (Ellis) - 4:24
  9. "Blues for Big Bob" - 4:25

Recorded in Hollywood, California on May 31, 1967 (tracks 1-3, 7 & 8) and June 1, 1967 (tracks 4-6 & 9)

Personnel

Guitar fretted string instrument

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Herb Ellis American jazz guitarist

Mitchell Herbert Ellis, known professionally as Herb Ellis, was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson.

Gerald Wiggins American pianist

Gerald Foster Wiggins, Sr. was a jazz pianist and organist.

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References

  1. ↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 11, 2011
  2. 1 2 Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 11, 2011
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