Brother Jack McDuff – Come And Carry Me Home
Brother Jack McDuff – Seven Keys For Seven Doors
Brother Jack McDuff – Yellow Wednesday
The last time I ran into this record was over 15 years ago, at the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, though I recently picked up another copy from Atomic in Burbank. Back in the day, I’d heard “Hunk O’ Funk” on a Blue Note compilation that was one of the first to really get me searching for Jazz-Funk on the label. I was surprised when I heard the album and few of the tracks had that same kind of “Super-funk” feel. Over the years I’ve grown to appreciate those other songs, which have a completely different style and sound to virtually everything else in the Brother Jack catalog. Part of that might be because more than other session of his, this one has the feel of being a “hired gun” session, with McDuff doing his thing with a host of British musicians, uncredited on the original album. I’m not sure the story behind this album, but the music on it, from the pensive “Come and Carry Me Home” to the almost Axelrodian “Seven Keys For Seven Doors” and “Yellow Wednesday” is some of my favorite from this long time soulful organist.
Cheers,
Michael