Mod Jazz [2013]

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2013
Label:	Ace / Kent
UPC:	0029667001014
Rank:	68973

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Soul Shoutin'  - Shirley Scott
2. Collard Greens  - Freddie McCoy
3. Tengo Tango  -  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"  -  Big Band of Benny Golson  - Brother Jack McDuff
8. Theme From N.Y.P.D.  - Johnny "Hammond" Smith
9. Whip It On Me  - Billy Hawks
10. Evil Ways  - Cal Tjader
11. Yeh Yeh!  - Mongo Santamaria
12. Watermelon Man  - Mongo Santamaria

Disc 2

13. The Seventh Son  - Mose Allison
14. I'm Ready  - Otis Spann
15. Pool Shark  - Willis 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  -  Merced Blue Notes
22. Soul Liberation  - Rusty Bryant
23. Games  - Boogaloo Joe Jones
24. Kenny's Theme  - Kenny Burrell
25. Theme From "The Pink Panther"  -  Big Band of Benny Golson  - Brother Jack McDuff

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shirley Scott   Primary Artist
The Big Band of Benny Golson   Primary Artist
Willis Jackson   Primary Artist
Brother Jack McDuff   Primary Artist
Pat Bowie   Primary Artist
Mose Allison   Primary Artist
Freddie McCoy   Primary Artist
Cannonball Adderley Sextet   Primary Artist
Cal Tjader   Primary Artist
Mongo Santamaria   Primary Artist
Willis "Gator" Jackson   Primary Artist
Cannonball Adderley   Primary Artist
Otis Spann   Primary Artist
The Merced Blue Notes   Primary Artist
Nomos   Primary Artist
Mark Murphy   Primary Artist
Rusty Bryant   Primary Artist
Charles Earland   Primary Artist
Johnny "Hammond" Smith   Primary Artist
Eddie Jefferson   Primary Artist
Boogaloo Joe Jones   Primary Artist
Jimmy Witherspoon   Primary Artist
Billy Hawks   Primary Artist
Kenny Burrell   Primary Artist
Sonny Stitt   Primary Artist
The Nomos   Primary Artist
Benny Golson   Conductor,Director

Technical Credits

Don Schlitten   Producer
Stanley Turrentine   Composer
Horace Silver   Composer
W. Jackson   Composer
Dean Rudland   Liner Notes
Jay McShann   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Sonny Henry   Composer
Charles Earland   Composer
Piedmont Sorpid   Composer
Cal Lampley   Producer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Pat Patrick   Composer
Benny Golson   Arranger
David Young   Post Producer
Saul Chester   Package Design
Jimmy Witherspoon   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Herbie Hancock   Composer
Kenny Burrell   Composer
Bob Porter   Producer
Val Palmer   Package Design
Sonny Stitt   Composer
Rodgers Grant   Composer
Nat Adderley   Composer