Artist: Jack McDuff
Genre(s):
r&b
R&B: Soul
Jazz
Discography:
That's the Way I Feel About It
Year: 1997
Tracks: 9
The Honeydripper
Year: 1995
Tracks: 6
Brother Jack McDuff Live!
Year: 1994
Tracks: 13
Kisses
Year: 1981
Tracks: 7
Joey DeFrancesco / It's about time
Year:
Tracks: 9
A miraculous bandleader and organist as intimately as able arranger, "Sidekick" Jack McDuff has one of the funkiest, almost soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid bass lines and blues-drenched solos ar balanced by clever, near pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. McDuff began as a bassist playing with Denny Zeitlin and Joe Farrell. He studied privately in Cinncinnati and worked with Johnny Griffin in Chicago. He taught himself electronic organ and piano in the mid-'50s, and began gaining attention working with Willis Jackson in the late '50s and early '60s, slip high caliber soul-jazz dates for Prestige. McDuff made his recording debut as a leader for Prestige in 1960, playing in a studio pickup band with Jimmy Forrest. They made a mate of prominent albums: Tough Duff and The Honeydripper. McDuff organised his own circle the next twelvemonth, featuring Harold Vick and drummer Joe Dukes. Things took off when McDuff hired a edward Young guitar player named George Benson. They were among the nigh popular combos of the mid-'60s and made several excellent albums. McDuff's later groups at Atlantic and Cadet didn't match the level of the Benson band, piece later dates for Verve and Cadet were uneven, though generally sound. McDuff experimented with electronic keyboards and spinal fusion during the '70s, then in the '80s got back in the rut with the Muse session Cap'n Jack. While his wellness fluctuated end-to-end the '90s, McDuff released several discs on the Concord Jazz label before succumbing to heart failure on January 23, 2001, at the age of 74.
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