JOHN PATTON — Got a Good Thing Goin' (review)

JOHN PATTON — Got a Good Thing Goin' album cover Album · 1966 · Soul Jazz Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
darkprinceofjazz
Those familiar with Organist Big John Patton and Guitarist Grant Green know these guys can groove up a storm, And Got a Good Thing Going is no exception, No saxes to get in the way this time, Just Drummer Hugh Walker and the congas of Richard Landrum too add a little more color, The dual between Green and Patton is spectacular, Reaching juicy soul jazz heights, Nothing of real complexity happens on Got a Good Thing Going, The 3 Patton originals, "The Yodel", A fantastic groovin number that will get your feet a movin, "Soul Woman" and Duke Pearson's "Amanda" are all just basic blues numbers with plenty of grits and gravy soul, The 2 standards,"Aint that Peculiar" and "The Shake" the latter adds plenty of more groove, If you needed more. All in all soul jazz just doesn't get better than this. Never one time did I wish for a Lou Donaldson style Sax solo, "The Yodel" is worth the price of the disc alone.

I will mention I listened to this from an original mono first press Blue Note LP from 1966, and the sound just explodes from the speakers, the sound stage is in your face and the Low ends rattle the walls and Grant Green rings true and crisp in the mix, "The Yodel" is also on the Grant Green 4CD Blue Note Retrospective Box set.

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