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Cold Sweat Plays J. B.
Type:Album
Artist:Craig Harris
Cover:Cold Sweat Plays J B.jpg
Released:1989
Recorded:November 1988
Studio:Mediasound, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:37
Label:JMT
JMT 834 426
Producer:Stefan F. Winter
Chronology:Craig Harris
Prev Title:Blackout in the Square Root of Soul
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:4 Play
Next Year:1991

Cold Sweat Plays J. B. is an album by trombonist Craig Harris' tribute band Cold Sweat performing compositions by James Brown which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn called it "As fine an example of applying improvisational élan to R&B/soul idiom as you can find in the 80s".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by James Brown except as indicated

  1. "Brown's Prance" (Craig Harris) – 0:52
  2. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) – 6:52
  3. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 6:51
  4. "I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17
  5. "Brown's Dance" (Harris) – 3:45
  6. "Showtime Medley:" – (6:26)
    1. "Funky Good Time – 1:45
    2. "I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17
    3. "I Can't Stand It" – 0:56
    4. "Licking Stick" (Brown, Bobby Byrd, Alfred Ellis) – 0:40
    5. "There Was a Time" (Brown, Buddy Hopgood) – 6:26
  7. "Please, Please, Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) – 4:38
  8. "Try Me" – 3:41
  9. "Cold Sweat" (Brown, Ellis) – 7:25

Personnel

Guests:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.craigsharris.com/discography/ Craig S. Harris discography
  2. Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed September 30, 2014