01.Scufflin'
02.Privave
03.Hallelujah Time
04.Misconstrued
05.Lew's Piece
06.Opus de Funk
07.Our Miss Brooks
08.East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
09.I Got a Woman
10.Hey Lawdy Mama
11.From the Bottom Up
12.Lexington Avenue Line.
Jack McDuff - Organ
Joe Dukes - Drums
George Benson - Guitar
Red Holloway - Sax (Tenor).
While these 12 selections were originally released on six different albums between 1965 and 1969, all of them were cut during July 1964: nine at a New York studio session, and three (embellished by Benny Golson big-band arrangements) live at Stockholm. Thus it makes for a thematically coherent compilation, every track featuring a young George Benson on guitar and Joe Dukes on drums; Red Holloway plays tenor sax on all but two songs. It's top-drawer soul-jazz, recommended to those who might find some of McDuff's other releases too homogenous, as his B-3 travels through diverse moods here: the uptempo blues of "Scufflin'," the slow-burning funk of "Our Miss Brooks," R&B/soul in the cover of "I Got a Woman." The closing "Lexington Avenue Line" is the oddest track, though quite a good one, sounding like a movie soundtrack theme with its dramatic strings. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide.
Jack McDuff with George Benson
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