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Big John Patton – Let ’em roll
Big John Patton – Let ’em roll
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Classic soul jazz setup with Big John Patton – elegantly rolling tracks, the grooving guitar of Grant Green and the first session together with Bobby Hutcherson, who until then had shown his versatile skills on the vibraphone rather in a jazz avant-garde context.
Mr. Patton grew up in a very musical family in Kansas City, first enjoying the piano and playing with R&B singer Lloyd Price in Washington D.C., with whom he also composed some successful songs. Rather by chance he learned to love the organ and thus gave himself and us a particularly beautiful facet of melodic, funky jazz.
According to the liner notes: ‚This is the mark of the true artist – being able to stimulate deeply without allowing the intensity of the effort involved to shine through.‘ In addition, on Blue Note, from 1966, a cool cover – ‘Let ’em roll’ I can only heavily recommend.
Stefan Mohr
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