Tobacco Road (Jack McDuff album)

Tobacco Road is a 1966 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his second release on the Atlantic label.[2]

Tobacco Road
Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedAugust 22 & 23, 1966
StudioChess Studios, Chicago, Illinois
GenreSoul jazz
Length34:00
LabelAtlantic
1472
ProducerLew Futterman
Jack McDuff chronology
A Change Is Gonna Come
(1966)
Tobacco Road
(1966)
Do It Now!
(1966-67)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Tobacco Road stands out from the pack... no matter what format, the tunes are given fantastically funked-up treatments that sound surprisingly natural".[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

  1. "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) - 2:04
  2. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) - 2:56
  3. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:52
  4. "Can't Get Satisfied" - 5:11
  5. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 2:39
  6. "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) - 4:11
  7. "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) - 2:36
  8. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 5:55
  9. "Wade in the Water" - 4:36
  • Recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago on August 22 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) and August 23 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), 1966.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review, January 22, 2013
  2. ^ Jack McDuff discography accessed January 22, 2013

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