Doug Munro & II-V-I - Up Against It

Size: 131,8 MB
Time: 56:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Jazz: Guitar Jazz, Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Donna Lee (4:42)
02. Doggett (3:56)
03. Bop (5:10)
04. E Thang (8:35)
05. Up Against It (5:00)
06. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (6:49)
07. Thoughts Of You (4:49)
08. Old Style (6:35)
09. Caravan (6:35)
10. Soul Lullaby (4:41)

Guitarist Doug Munro has a chicken-scratch sound and penchant for brief melodic statements that can be infuriating for those jazz passengers waiting for aural liftoff. John Scofield-isms aside, Munro's Up Against It does contain some inventive arrangements based around the Hammond B-3 organ of Jerry Z. Despite a humdrum version of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee," most of Up Against It is easily recommended. Notably, Munro's version of "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise" utilizes a creepy, Munsters-sounding background organ riff, while the title track is straight-up '60s soul-jazz. ~by Matt Collar

Up Against It

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