Any good Soul Jazz?
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Topic: Any good Soul Jazz?
Posted By: Abraxas
Subject: Any good Soul Jazz?
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2011 at 2:53pm
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Ok, I have a bunch of soul jazz records, mainly by organists, which few I actually enjoy. (Let 'em Roll by Patton being one) I don't know, I just find most of it really generic/derivative, but I probably not looking for the classics. So that's your mission, hehe, to recommend me some "classic soul jazz" albums or simply mention your favorites. What I got: John Patton (Let 'em Roll) Freddie Roach (Brown Sugar) Grant Green Larry Young (Heaven on Earth) Lonnie Smith (Turning Point) Lou Donaldson (Midnight Creeper) Horace Silver (Song for my Father) George Benson some Jimmy Smith, though not sure how much it is soul jazz I might be missing one or two, but that's pretty much it.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2011 at 5:20pm
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Check the Soul Jazz section here and you will see at the top 2 four star records I recommend, 'Supa Cookin' and 'Root Down', both are a lot more high energy and inspired than the usual fare. The reason why there is generic soul jazz is because that genre used to make money for people.  Every genre has its fans and I happen to like a lot of soul jazz, but its true, some of it is more inspired than others.
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Posted By: EntertheLemming
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2011 at 11:10am
| Brother Jack McDuff might also be in the ball park - Hot Barbeque (Prestige 1965) is pretty good and I think George Benson is the guitarist |
Posted By: Polo
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 2:22pm
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Try Charles Earland's Black Talk!, Quincy Jones' Walking in Space and Herbie Mann's Memphis Underground, they're pretty good. ------------- 
That's Kenny G with Miles Davis on my avatar, by the way. |
Posted By: alucard
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:23am
Donald Byrd : BlackByrd 1972,
it's my favourite jazzrockysoul record, the riffs and basslines are just great even so the record gets slighly repetitive, confirmed by the later 70's releases by DB, which are good but repeat the same formula over and over.
BTW Black Byrd is still today the biggest selling Blue Note record
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Posted By: Frederic_Alderon
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2018 at 4:50pm
| You can find some good titles over here, and listen them as well - https://thevinylfactory.com/features/10-records-that-define-soul-jazz/ |