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Mod Jazz

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Soul Shoutin' - Shirley Scott
2. Collard Greens - Freddie McCoy
3. Tengo Tango - Cannonball Adderley
4. Why Don't You Do Right? - Mark Murphy
5. Money's Gettin' Cheaper - Jimmy Witherspoon
6. Step Out and Git It - Nomos
7. Theme from 'The Carpetbaggers'
8. Them from "N.Y.P.D. " (The ABC TV Series)
9. Whip It on Me - Billy Hawks
10. Evil Ways - Cal Tjader
11. Yeh, Yeh! - Mongo Santamara
12. Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamara
13. Seventh Son, The - Mose Allison
14. I'm Ready - Otis Spann
15. Pool Shark - Willis "Gator" Jackson
16. Soul Shack - Sonny Stitt
17. Filthy McNasty - Eddie Jefferson
18. Love Me Right - Jimmy Witherspoon
19. I've Got Your Number - Pat Bowie
20. Black Talk - Charles Earland
21. Mama Rufus - The Merced Blue Notes
22. Soul Liberation - Rusty Bryant
23. Games - Boogaloo Joe Jones
24. Kenny's Theme - Kenny Burrell
25. Them from "The Pink Panther"
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 139
Credits

Producer Don Schlitten; Bob Porter; Cal Lampley
Engineer
Liner Note Author: Dean Rudland.
Recording information: 1958-1971.
Director: Benny Golson.
Arranger: Benny Golson.
Taken from the vaults of the Prestige, Riverside, Battle, and Fantasy labels, this is one of the finest collections of vintage soul-jazz you're likely to come across. The 25 tracks span 1958 to 1971, and include good cuts from core proponents of the style, such as Brother Jack McDuff, Boogaloo "Joe" Jones, and Jimmy Witherspoon. What gives this a leg up on some of the competition is its eclecticism: there are vocalists (Mose Allison), organists (Shirley Scott), Latin jazzers (Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria), and a few top jazz names not primarily associated with the genre (Eddie Jefferson, Otis Spann, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Stittt). To its credit, it's not stuffily purist either, making way for a bunch of nifty soul-jazz TV themes, a cover of "Evil Ways" by Cal Tjader, and no-names like Pat Bowie, the Merced Blue Notes, and Billy Hawks. It results in much more variety than most anthologies of the sort, without any drop in the groove factor. ~ Richie Unterberger