Gin and Orange explained

Gin and Orange
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Jack McDuff
Cover:	Gin and Orange.jpg
Released:	1969, 2007 (reissue)
Recorded:	April 1969
Venue:	Ter Mar Studios and The London House, Chicago, Illinois
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Cadet LPS 831Dusty Groove (reissue) ^[1] DGA 3017
Producer:	Lew Futterman
Chronology:	Jack McDuff
Prev Title:	Getting Our Thing Together
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Down Home Style
Next Year:	1969

Gin and Orange is a 1969 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff recorded both live and in the studio which was his third release on the Cadet label.^[2]

Reception

Rovi in his review for Allmusic states, "GIN features a slightly higher quotient of electric guitar than usual and--something unique for most jazz organ sessions--the super-funky electric bass of Phil Upchurch. With BBQ-rich arrangements by Richard Evans, the result is a heavier sound that McDuff none-the-less cuts through like crazy".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

1. "Mac-Duffin" (Richard Evans, Jack McDuff) - 3:03
2. "The Electric Surfboard" - 5:02
3. "On the Case" (Evans) - 2:59
4. "Channel One" - 5:56
5. "Get It Up" (Evans) - 3:02
6. "Gin and Orange" - 4:19
7. "Beep-Bo-Boo" - 7:22
8. "With the Wind" (Clara Edwards, Jack Lawrence) - 6:46

• Recorded at Ter Mar Studios (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and The London House (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Chicago, Illinois in April 1969

Personnel

• Brother Jack McDuff - organ
• Gene Barge - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Ben Branch (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Cliff Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Billy Phipps (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - tenor saxophone
  • Cash McCall (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Jerry Byrd (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - guitar Phil Upchurch - electric bass (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Morris Jennings (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Joe Burkes (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - drums
• Richard Powell - percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brother Jack McDuff – Gin And Orange. July 1, 2014.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/brother-jack-mcduff/catalog/#cadet-lps-831 Jack McDuff discography
3. Rovi Allmusic Review, January 23, 2013