Remembering “Brother” Jack McDuff on his birthday. He had one of the funkiest, most soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid basslines and blues-drenched solos were balanced by clever, almost pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. He taught himself organ and piano in the mid-’50s, and began gaining attention working with Willis Jackson in the late ’50s and early ’60s, cutting high caliber soul-jazz dates for Prestige. In 1961, McDuff organized his own b

Brother Jack McDuff ‎"Live!" Full Album

Happy 74th to #NEAJazzMaster George Benson. From 1964, here's George playing with Brother Jack McDuff. You can hear Benson's "sound" even then when he was in his early 20s. Brother Jack McDuff - organ Red Holloway - tenor sax George Benson - guitar Joe Dukes - drums | JazzCorner

Remembering “Brother” Jack McDuff on his birthday. He had one of the funkiest, most soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid basslines and blues-drenched solos were balanced by clever, almost pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. McDuff began as a bassist playing with Denny Zeitlin and Joe Farrell. He studied privately in Cincinnati and worked with Johnny Griffin in Chicago. He taught himself organ and piano in the mid-’50s, and began gaining attention

Before Jimmy Smith, the electric organ had been nearly a novelty in jazz; it was he who made it an important instrument in the genre and influenced nearly every subsequent notable organist in jazz and rock, including Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Larry Young, Shirley Scott, Al Kooper and Joey DeFrancesco. By 1955 -- which coincidentally was the year Hammond introduced its most popular model, the Hammond B3, he had an organ trio with a new sound. His appearances at Birdland and the 1957 Newport Jaz