Down Home Style is an album by American organist Brother Jack McDuff

Jack McDuff

"Brother" Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio.-Career:...

 recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "A set of gritty electric funk and soulful blues, Down Home Style is an excellent showcase for Brother Jack McDuff's gripping, funky style... the record is designed as a showcase for McDuff's wild, intoxicating Hammond organ, and he runs with the it, demonstrating every one of his tricks".

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

1. "The Vibrator" - 4:48
2. "Down Home Style" - 5:06
3. "Memphis in June" (Hoagy Carmichael
   Hoagy Carmichael
   Howard Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Alec Wilder, in his study of the...
   
   , Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 4:16
4. "Theme from Electric Surfboard" - 3:34
5. "It's All a Joke" - 3:48
6. "Butter (For Yo Popcorn)" - 4:08
7. "Groovin'
   Groovin'
   "Groovin" is a single released in 1967 by The Young Rascals that became a number-one hit and one of the group's signature songs.Written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and with a lead vocal from Cavaliere, it is indeed a slow, relaxed groove, based on Cavaliere's newfound...
   
   " (Eddie Brigati
   Eddie Brigati
   Eddie Brigati is an American singer and songwriter.Most memorably, Brigati shared vocals, and played tambourine, in the pop group The Young Rascals from 1965 to 1970...
   
   , Felix Cavaliere
   Felix Cavaliere
   Felix Cavaliere is an American songwriter, singer, music producer, and musician.Although he was a member of Joey Dee and His Starlighters best known for their hit "Peppermint Twist", he is best known for his association with The Young Rascals during the 1960s. The other members of The Rascals...
   
   ) - 5:18
8. "As She Walked Away" - 8:01
   • Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee on June 10, 1969.

Personnel

• Brother Jack McDuff
  Jack McDuff
  "Brother" Jack McDuff was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio.-Career:...
  
   - organ
  Electronic organ
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• Jay Arnold - tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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• Charlie Freeman - guitar
  Guitar
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• Unknown - electric bass
  Electric Bass
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• Sammy Greason - drums
  Drum kit
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• Unidentified large band (tracks 2, 3 & 6)