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Jack McDuff: Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!

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In November 1963, “Prestige” label released “Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!”, the 12 Jack McDuff album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “The Jazz Workshop” in San Francisco, and was produced by Lew Futterman and Peter Paul.

Personnel:

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

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack McDuff, except where noted.

  1. Blues 1 & 8
  2. Passing Through – Charles Lloyd
  3. Dink’s Blues
  4. Grease Monkey
  5. Vas Dis
  6. Somewhere in the Night – Billy May
  7. Jive Samba – Nat Adderley

Jack McDuff: Brother Jack At The Jazz Workshop Live!

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In December 1963, “Prestige” label released “Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!”, the twelve Jack McDuff album. It was recorded in October 1963, at “The Jazz Workshop” in San Francisco, and was produced by Lew Futterman and Peter Paul.

Personnel:

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

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack McDuff, except where noted.

  1. Blues 1 & 8
  2. Passing Through – Charles Lloyd
  3. Dink’s Blues
  4. Grease Monkey
  5. Vas Dis
  6. Somewhere in the Night – Billy May
  7. Jive Samba – Nat Adderley

Brother Jack McDuff: Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring

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In December 1970, “Blue Note” label released “Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring?” album by Brother Jack McDuff (his fourth album for Blue Note). It was recorded in December 1970, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Randy Brecker, Olu Dara – trumpet
  • Dick Griffin, John Pierson – trombone
  • Paul Griffin – piano
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Tony Levin – electric bass
  • Donald McDonald – drums
  • Ray Draper – vocals, percussion, tuba, arranger
  • Mike Mainieri – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack McDuff except where noted.

  1. Who Knows What Tomorrow’s Gonna Bring? – Ray Draper
  2. Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya – Ray Draper
  3. Who’s Pimpin’ Who? – Ray Draper
  4. Classic Funke
  5. Ya’ll Remember Boogie? – Ray Draper
  6. Wank’s Thangnt

If: Double Diamond

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In July 1973, “Brain” label released “Double Diamond”, the sixth If album. It was recorded in 1973, at “The Manor Studios” in Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Dick Morrissey– lead and backing vocals, tenor and alto saxophones, flute
  • Steve Rosenthal – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Pete Arnesen – piano, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Fi Trench- piano, backing vocals
  • Kurt Palomaki – bass, backing vocals
  • Cliff Davies- drums, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Play, Play, Play – Dick Morrissey, Kurt Palomaki
  2. Pebbles on the Beach – Dick Morrissey, B. Morrissey
  3. Pick Me Up (And Put Me Back on the Road) – Cliff Davies
  4. Another Time Around (Is Not for Me) – Cliff Davies
  5. Groupie Blue (Every Day She’s Got the Blues) – Dick Morrissey, T. Preston
  6. Fly, Fly, The Route, Shoot – Kurt Palomaki
  7. Feel Thing Part 1 – Pete Arnesen
  8. Feel Thing Part 2 – Pete Arnesen
  9. Feel Thing Part 3 – Pete Arnesen

Jimmy Witherspoon: The Blues Is Now

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In November 1967, “Verve” label released “The Blues Is Now”, the twenty-eight Jimmy Witherspoon album. It was recorded on June 1, 1967, and was produced by Ken Druker and Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Witherspoon- vocals
  • Melvin Sparks- guitar
  • Jack McDuff- organ, arrangements
  • Jymie Merritt- bass guitar
  • Ray Appleton- drums
  • Leo Johnson, Danny Turner – alto and tenor saxophone, flute
  • Val Valentin– engineer
  • Bob Irwin, Jayme Pieruzzi– mastering
  • Hollis King- art direction
  • Nancy Reiner- cover art
  • Acy Lehman- design
  • Raymond Ross- photography
  • Ken Druker- executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Sweet Slumber – Lucky Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode
  2. I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town – Andy Razaf, Will Weldon
  3. Past Forty Blues – Robert Lee Roach, Jimmy Witherspoon
  4. K. Blues – Saunders King
  5. Late One Evening – Jimmy Witherspoon
  6. Part Time Woman – Jimmy Witherspoon
  7. Good Rocking Tonight – Roy Brown
  8. I Won’t Tell a Soul (I Love You) – Hughie Clark, Ross Parker
  9. My Baby’s Quit Me – Doc Pomus
  10. My Money’s Long This Morning, Baby – David Parker

If: Not Just Another Bunch Of Pretty Face

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In October 1974, “Gull” label released “Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces” the seventh If studio album. It was recorded October 1973 – February 1974 at: “Sleepy Hollow Recording” in Ithaca, N.Y., “Majestic Sound” in London, “The Sound Pit” in Atlanta, “Allen-Martin Studios” in Louisville, and was produced by Lew Futterman, Jon Child and Cliff Davies.

Personnel:

  • Dick Morrissey– lead vocals, saxes and flute
  • Geoff Whitehorn– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Gabriel Magno – Hammond organ, acoustic and electric pianos, electric harpsichord
  • Walt Monaghan– lead and backing vocals, bass,
  • Mike Tomich – bass
  • Cliff Davies– lead vocals, drums, congas, vibes

Track listing:

  1. In the Winter of Your Life – Geoff Whitehorn, Cliff Davies
  2. Stormy Every Weekday Blues – Cliff Davies
  3. Follow That with Your Performing Seals – Dick Morrissey
  4. Still Alive – Dick Morrissey, Brigitta Morrissey
  5. Borrowed Time – Cliff Davies
  6. Chiswick High Road Blues – Cliff Davies
  7. I Believe in Rock & Roll – Geoff Whitehorn, Walt Monaghan, Cliff Davies

Ted Nugent: Same

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In September 1975, “Epic” label released the self-titled, same Ted  Nugent solo studio album. It was recorded in 1975, at “The Sound Pit” in Atlanta, Georgia, and was produced by Tom Werman and Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent– led and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, percussion, arrangements
  • Derek St. Holmes– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements
  • Steve McRay – keyboards
  • Rob Grange– bass guitar, 8 String bass, bass phase effect, arrangements
  • Cliff Davies– lead and backing vocals, drums, vibraphone, arrangements
  • Brian Staffeld – percussion
  • Tom Werman– percussion
  • Anthony Reale – engineer, mixing
  • Howard Fritzson – art direction
  • Al Clayton – photography
  • Gerard Huerta – lettering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent.

  1. Stranglehold
  2. Stormtroopin’
  3. Hey Baby
  4. Just What the Doctor Ordered
  5. Snakeskin Cowboys
  6. Motor City Madhouse
  7. Where Have You Been All My Life
  8. You Make Me Feel Right at Home
  9. Queen of the Forest

Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes: Tooth Fang & Claw

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In September 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Tooth Fang & Claw”the seventh and final Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes album. It was recorded in June 1974, and was produced by Jon Child, Lew Futterman and Ted Nugent.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent– vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Rob Grange – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Vic Mastrianni – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted.

  1. Lady Luck
  2. Living in the Woods
  3. Hibernation
  4. Free Flight
  5. Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed
  6. Great White Buffalo
  7. Sasha
  8. No Holds Barred

If: If 1

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In September 1970, “Island” label released “If 1”, the debut If album. It was recorded February – April 1970, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Terry Smith– guitar
  • John Mealing– organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Jim Richardson– bass
  • Dennis Elliott– drums
  • W. Hodkinson– lead vocals, percussion
  • Dick Morrissey – soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
  • Dave Quincy – alto nd ytenor saxophones, flute
  • Frank Owen – sound

Track listing:

  1. I’m Reaching Out on All Sides – Dave Quincy, Fishman
  2. What Did I Say About the Box, Jack? – Dick Morrissey
  3. What Can a Friend Say? – Dave Quincy
  4. Woman Can You See (What This Big Thing Is All About) – W. Hodkinson
  5. Raise the Level of Your Conscious Mind – Fishman, Marsala
  6. Dockland – Daryl Runswick
  7. The Promised Land – Dave Quincy

Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes: Call of the Wild

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In February 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Call of the Wild”, the sixthTed Nugent and The Amboy Dukes album. It was recorded June – July 1973, at “Sleepy Hollow Studios” in Ithaca, New York, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Andy Jezowski – vocals
  • Ted Nugent – vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Gabriel Magno – keyboards, flute
  • Rob Grange – vocals, bass
  • Vic Mastrianni – vocals, drums
  • John Childs, engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted:

  1. Call of the Wild
  2. Sweet Revenge
  3. Pony Express
  4. Ain’t It the Truth – Rob Grange, Ted Nugent
  5. Renegade – Rob Grange
  6. Rot Gut – Rob Grange, Ted Nugent, Gabriel Magno, Vic Mastrianni
  7. Below the Belt
  8. Cannon Balls