JACK MCDUFF - SOPHISTICATED FUNK

JACK MCDUFF

Sophisticated Funk

Chess Records

1976

So I wanted to post up a few of my favorite Jack McDuff Albums..

I remember when Q-tip looped up Jack McDuff's "Oblighetto" for the original Scenario, and EVERYONE started looking for his albums..

I was up on him just prior to the frenzy

first of Jack's albums I ever dug up was " Sophisticated Funk"

unlike his usual Hammond organ outings, he plays electric piano on this album.

& Like many of the records i was REALLY into in that period of digging

The vibe of the album sounds very much like a Creed Taylor produced set from CTI Records

Brother to Brother's Billy Jones, who also plays guitar on the record

takes the job of arranger on this one

it includes a great remake of "Theme From Electric Surfboard",

and then of course, there's the cover..

ENJOY!!!