Prelude (Jack McDuff album) explained

Prelude
Type:Studio
Artist:Jack McDuff
Cover:Prelude (Jack McDuff album).jpg
Released:1964
Recorded:December 24, 1963
New York City
Genre:Jazz
Label:Prestige
PR 7333
Producer:Lew Futterman, Peter Paul
Chronology:Jack McDuff
Prev Title:Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!
Prev Year:1963
Next Title:Cookin' Together
Next Year:1964

Prelude' is an album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Prelude was a successful match of McDuff's small-combo organ jazz with big band arrangements by Benny Golson. In part, that was because the blend was well-executed, never fighting with or drowning out McDuff's organ. But it was also because the mixture made it stand out amidst the scads of organ jazz records being churned out in the early '60s".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "A Kettle of Fish" - 3:55
  2. "Candlelight" - 2:54
  3. "Put On a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 3:13
  4. "Prelude" (Benny Golson) - 8:41
  5. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:57
  6. "Carry Me Home" - 4:30
  7. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:44
  8. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) - 4:28
  9. "Dig Cousin Will" - 4:16

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/brother-jack-mcduff/catalog/#prestige-pr-7333 Jack McDuff discography
  2. Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, January 17, 2013