Prelude (Jack McDuff album)

Prelude' is an album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.[2]

Prelude
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedDecember 24, 1963
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PR 7333
ProducerLew Futterman, Peter Paul
Jack McDuff chronology
Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!
(1963)
Prelude
(1964)
Cookin' Together
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Prelude was a successful match of McDuff's small-combo organ jazz with big band arrangements by Benny Golson. In part, that was because the blend was well-executed, never fighting with or drowning out McDuff's organ. But it was also because the mixture made it stand out amidst the scads of organ jazz records being churned out in the early '60s".[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "A Kettle of Fish" - 3:55
  2. "Candlelight" - 2:54
  3. "Put On a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 3:13
  4. "Prelude" (Benny Golson) - 8:41
  5. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:57
  6. "Carry Me Home" - 4:30
  7. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:44
  8. "Oh! Look at Me Now" (Joe Bushkin, John DeVries) - 4:28
  9. "Dig Cousin Will" - 4:16

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, January 17, 2013
  2. ^ Jack McDuff discography accessed January 17, 2013