Artist: Brother Jack McDuff
Album: Down Home Style
Genre: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Label: Blue Note
Released: 1969/1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Vibrator (McDuff) - 4:48
- Down Home Style (McDuff) - 5:06
- Memphis in June (Carmichael-Webster) - 4:16
- Theme from Electric Surfboard (McDuff) - 3:34
- It's All a Joke (McDuff) - 3:49
- Butter (For Yo Popcorn) (McDuff) - 4:08
- Groovin' (Cavaliere-Brigati) - 5:18
- As She Walked Away (McDuff) - 8:02
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- Personnel:
- Brother Jack McDuff - organ
- Jay Arnold - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Freeman - guitar
- James Alexander - electric bass
- Sammy Creason - drums
A set of gritty electric funk and soulful blues, Down Home Style is an excellent showcase for Brother Jack McDuff's gripping, funky style. Inspired more by the tight grooves of Stax Records than bebop, Down Home Style features McDuff leading a small group through a number of R&B grooves, ranging from the stuttering "The Vibrator" and dirty funk of "Butter (For Yo Popcorn)" to the slow blues of "Memphis in June." Occasionally, the group is augmented by a punchy horn section, but 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.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine