Jack McDuff - Sophisticated Funk

Styles: Piano, Jazz Funk
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:57
Size: 92,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:57)  1. Dit Da Dit
(6:42)  2. Ju Ju
(4:44)  3. To Be Named Later
(4:46)  4. Summer Dream
(3:25)  5. Jack's Boogie
(5:46)  6. Mini Pads
(5:13)  7. Electric Surf Board
(3:21)  8. Mannix Theme

Sophisticated...maybe. Funky...not so much. This forgettable effort from Jack McDuff veers far too close to smooth jazz territory for comfort swapping his signature Hammond B-3 for keyboards, McDuff settles for a fusion sound suggesting a particularly tepid CTI session, with none of the swagger and groove of his most memorable records. Saxophonist/flutist Joe Harrell is similarly tentative, although one must blame Billy Jones' overly slick arrangements there's really not much chance of salvaging cuts like "Mini Pads" and "'Mannix' Theme." Definitely don't judge this one by its lurid cover it's as tame as a de-clawed house cat. ~ Jason Ankeny http://www.allmusic.com/album/sophisticated-funk-mw0001002142

Personnel:  Jack McDuff - organ, piano, electric piano;  Joe Farrell - saxophones, flute;  Brian Cuomo – piano;  Robert Banks, Walter Morris – guitar;  Billy Jones - guitar, percussion;  Frank Prescod - electric bass;  Joe Corsello, Ted McKinsey, Clarence Oliver, Arnold Ramsey, Scott Schoer – drums;  Craig Derry, Scott Saunders - congas, percussion

Sophisticated Funk

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