Prestige Records' Legends Of Acid Jazz

Willis Jackson - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1959-1960] (1998)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 28, 2020
Willis Jackson - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1959-1960] (1998)

Willis Jackson - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1959-1960] (1998)
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Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24198-2)

Willis "Gator" Jackson's initial reputation was made as a honking and screaming tenor saxophonist with Cootie Williams' late-'40s orchestra and on his own R&B-ish recordings. By 1959, Jackson had de-emphasized some of his more extroverted sounds (although they occasionally popped up) and had reemerged as a solid swinger influenced by Gene Ammons and (on ballads) Ben Webster. This CD reissue from 1998 brings back in full two of Jackson's 1959-60 LPs: Blue Gator and Cookin' Sherry. Some of the music (which often falls into the soul-jazz genre) is reminiscent of the funky groove music that would become popular in the late '60s. Jackson sounds fine and is joined throughout by guitarist Bill Jennings, organist Jack McDuff, one of three bassists, one of two drummers, and sometimes Buck Clarke on conga. The accessible music alternates between warm ballads and jump tunes.
Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1969] (1996)

Johnny Hammond Smith - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1969] (1996)
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Genre: Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24177-2)

Out of all the soul-jazz organ players, only one was so thoroughly funked out that he personally adopted the name of his favorite keyboard, the B-3: Johnny "Hammond" Smith. While not as important in the development of jazz styles as other keyboard players such as Jimmy Smith, "Hammond" displayed an earthy, swinging talent worth listening to. Legends of Acid Jazz: Johnny "Hammond" Smith compiles under a single cover two albums Smith recorded in 1969, Soul Talk and Black Feeling! (complete with the liner notes from both original issues). On Legends, Smith gets down in the heady company of, among others, tenor saxophonist Rusty Bryant, funky drummer Bernard Purdie and guitarist Wally Richardson; Richardson here pays tribute to his bandmates with his compositions "Purdie Dirty" and "Johnny Hammond Boogaloo"…

Sonny Phillips - Legends of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1969-1970] (1997)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 19, 2019
Sonny Phillips - Legends of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1969-1970] (1997)

Sonny Phillips - Legends of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1969-1970] (1997)
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Genre: Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24186-2)

Sonny Phillips is a decent, if derivative organist who recorded three albums for Prestige from 1969-70 and a pair for Muse in the mid-1970s. This 1997 CD reissue has all of the music from Sure 'Nuff and Black on Black, a couple of fine soul-jazz recordings. The earlier set is a quintet/sextet set with tenor saxophonist Houston Person, guitarist Joe "Boogaloo" Jones, electric bassist Bob Bushnell, drummer Bernard Purdie and sometimes trumpeter Virgil Jones. The later date features Phillips with tenor saxophonist Rusty Bryant, guitarist Melvin Sparks, electric bassist Jimmy Lewis and drummer Bernard Purdie. The music is blues- and groove-oriented, with "Oleo" being one of the few departures. Person and Bryant in particular have fine solos, while Phillips' chugging organ is appealing. This is his definitive set.

Shirley Scott - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1961] (1998)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 25, 2020
Shirley Scott - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1961] (1998)

Shirley Scott - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1961] (1998)
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Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24200-2)

A smart combination of two 1961 albums, Hip Soul and Hip Twist, both of which featured Stanley Turrentine on sax. Hip Soul is the smokier and livelier of the pair, especially on "Stanley's Time" and the Turrentine-composed title track; the material is delivered with a taut intelligence. Hip Twist doesn't suffer much in comparison, though, and gives Scott a bit more presence, as she introduces several themes with impassioned swirls; unlike Hip Soul, it has a couple of tunes from her own pen.
Trudy Pitts & Pat Martino - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1967] (1998)

Trudy Pitts & Pat Martino - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1967] (1998)
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Genre: Soul Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24208-2)

Anyone who likes the B-3 Hammond organ soul-jazz style and doesn't mind a bit of pop-lounge spice occasionally stirred into the sauce should check out this compilation. It combines Pitts' first two LPs, Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts and These Blues of Mine (both from 1967) on one CD. Introducing is a strong debut, divided between covers of pretty mainstream standards ("The Spanish Flea," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker") and gutsier straight soul-jazz, including four originals by Bill Carney, whose "Organology" is a highlight for its nervous, bopping edge. The languorous swells of the opening number "Steppin' in Minor" make you think you're in for a set of swank lounge-jazz, but the pace quickly picks up, and Pitts really catches fire on "Take Five," jamming a lot of notes into her improvisation without sounding self-indulgent…
Gene Ammons - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1962-1971] (1997)

Gene Ammons - Legends Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1962-1971] (1997)
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Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD-24188-2)

As is often the case in this CD reissue series, the music has little to do with acid jazz, but it does feature a few organists. Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons is heard on music that formerly comprised two complete LPs from 1970-1971 (The Black Cat and As You Talk That Talk), plus a pair of titles from a 1962 date only previously out on a sampler. The Black Cat is an interesting if erratic set that finds Ammons (along with guitarist George Freeman, Harold Mabern on electric piano, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Idris Muhammad) playing everything from the pop tune "Long Long Time" and George Harrison's "Something" (both of those tunes have unimaginative strings) to "Jug Eyes" and the boppish blues "Hi Ruth." As You Talk That Talk is a reunion with fellow tenor Sonny Stitt…
Rusty Bryant - Legends Of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 (1999) {Prestige/Fantasy Jazz} **[RE-UP]**

Rusty Bryant - Legends Of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 (1999) {Prestige/Fantasy Jazz}
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Genre: jazz

Legends Of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 is the 1999 compilation CD by jazz saxophonist Rusty Bryant. Part of Prestige Records' Legends Of Acid Jazz series, this puts together two of Bryant's albums in their entirety from the early 1970's: Fire-Eater and Wildfire and true to their name, both are hot.
Shirley Scott - Soul Sister (1999) {Prestige PRCD-24233-2 rec 1960-1964} (Legends of Acid Jazz Series)

Shirley Scott - Soul Sister (1999) {Prestige PRCD-24233-2 rec 1960-1964} (Legends of Acid Jazz Series)
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© 1960-64, 1999 Prestige Records / Fantasy | PRCD-24233-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Organ

Few organ players can kick into swinging grooves with as relaxed a feeling as those Shirley Scott generates on these two outstanding sessions from the Sixties. She was associated early in her career with tenor saxophonists–most notably Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Stanley Turrentine–but Prestige Records regularly varied the settings in which she was presented on disc. These are two of the most unusual. The ever-tasteful guitarist Kenny Burrell shares the spotlight on tracks one through six, while Lem Winchester lends his vibraharp mastery to the remainder to help create a unique–and ultimately satisfying– organ/vibes front-line.
Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson - Legends Of Acid Jazz Vol 2 (1968) {Prestige 00025218521024 rel 2006}

Sonny Stitt & Don Patterson - Legends Of Acid Jazz Vol 2 (1968) {Prestige 00025218521024 rel 2006}
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© 1968, 2006 Prestige Records / Fantasy / Universal | 00025218521024
Jazz / Bop / Soul Jazz / Organ / Saxophone

Two-fer CD reissue combines two 1968 sessions, both featuring Stitt and Patterson, that were recorded on consecutive days (September 23-24, 1968), although one was issued under Patterson's name and the other under Stitt's. The first six songs were issued as the Patterson LP Funk You!, on which Patterson leads a date that also has Sonny Stitt and Charles McPherson on saxes and Pat Martino on guitar. The other players get about as much space as Patterson, and as 1960s jazz with organ goes, this is pretty straight-ahead and boppish, rather than soul-jazz (as so much organ jazz from that decade was).

Houston Person - Truth! (1969-1970) [Reissue 1999]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 29, 2024
Houston Person - Truth! (1969-1970) [Reissue 1999]

Houston Person - Truth! (1969-1970) [Reissue 1999]
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Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (PRCD 24221-2)

Released in 1999 for Fantasy's Legends of Acid Jazz series, this CD unites two of Houston Person's classic Prestige sessions, 1968's Soul Dance and 1970s Truth!, on a single 78-minute CD. Soul Dance is heard in its entirety, but because the CD didn't have enough room to hold everything from Truth!, the track "If I Ruled the World" ended up being sacrificed. The personnel on the sessions differs - while Soul Dance employed organist Billy Gardner, guitarist Boogaloo Joe Jones, and drummer Frankie Jones, Truth! united Person with Frankie Jones, guitarist Billy Butler, electric bassist Bob Bushnell, and percussionist Buddy Caldwell. But the albums are fairly similar in their outlook. Both of them are quite accessible, and both emphasize Person's strong points: funky boogaloos, gritty blues, standards, and sentimental ballads…