Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!

Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!
Live album by Jack McDuff
Released	1963
Recorded	October 3, 1963
Venue	The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California
Genre	Soul jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7286
Producer	Lew Futterman, Peter Paul
Jack McDuff chronology
Brother Jack McDuff Live! (1963) Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live! (1963) Prelude (1963)

Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live! is a live album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in San Francisco in 1963 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and its review by Stewart Mason states, "McDuff is firmly in control of the set all the way. His organ playing can seem almost clichéd to the soul-jazz novice, until one realizes that these riffs became soul-jazz clichés because so many lesser players immediately copped his licks. Here, one can hear them from the source, and it's an eye-opening experience".[2]

Vas Dis was covered by UK rock band Wishbone Ash on their second album Pilgrimage. A live version exists from a BBC recording and can be seen on youtube.

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

1. "Blues 1 & 8" - 7:06
2. "Passing Through" (Charles Lloyd) - 2:39
3. "Dink's Blues" - 6:19
4. "Grease Monkey" - 2:32
5. "Vas Dis" - 8:09
6. "Somewhere in the Night" (Billy May) - 3:55
7. "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) - 6:50

Personnel

• Jack McDuff - organ
• Red Holloway - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Harold Vick - tenor saxophone, flute
• George Benson - guitar
• Joe Dukes - drums

References

1. Jack McDuff discography accessed January 16, 2013
2. Mason, S. Allmusic Review, January 16, 2013
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 134. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.