BST 84348

Jack McDuff - To Seek A New Home

Released - August 1970

Recording and Session Information

Island Studios, London, England, March 23, 1970
Martin Drover, Terry Noonan, Bud Parks, trumpet; John Bennett, Adrian Drover, trombone; David Statham, Willie Watson, French horn; Norman Leppard, Dick Morrissey, Jack Whitford, Dave Willis, reeds, flute; Typhena Partridge, harp; J.J. Jackson, piano, percussion; Brother Jack McDuff, organ, piano; Terry Smith, guitar; Larry Steele, electric bass; Trevor Armstrong, drums.

6151 Come And Carry Me Home

Island Studios, London, England, March 24, 1970 omit Smith.

6153 Mystic John

Island Studios, London, England, March 25, 1970
Martin Drover, Terry Noonan, Bud Parks, trumpet; John Bennett, Adrian Drover, trombone; David Statham, Willie Watson, French horn; Norman Leppard, Dick Morrissey, Jack Whitford, Dave Willis, reeds, flute; Typhena Partridge, harp; J.J. Jackson, piano, percussion; Brother Jack McDuff, organ, piano; Terry Smith, guitar; Peter Chapman, bass; Trevor Armstrong, drums; Debrah Long, voice; Jerry Long, voice, arranger.

6154 Seven Keys For Seven Doors

Island Studios, London, England, March 26, 1970
Martin Drover, Bud Parks, trumpet; John Bennett, trombone; Adrian Drover, trombone #2; Norman Leppard, Dick Morrissey, tenor sax, flute; J.J. Jackson, piano, percussion, arranger, chant #1, arranger #2; Brother Jack McDuff, organ; Chris Parren, electric piano #2; Terry Smith, guitar; Larry Steele, electric bass; Phil Leaford, drums.

6155 Hunk O' Funk
6152 Yellow Wednesday

Track Listing

Side One
Title	Author	Recording Date
Yellow Wednesday	Jack McDuff	March 26 1970
Come and Carry Me Home	Jack McDuff	March 23 1970
Mystic John	Jack McDuff	March 24 1970
Side Two
Hunk O' Funk	J.J. Jackson, McDuff	March 26 1970
Seven Keys for Seven Doors	Jack McDuff	March 25 1970

Liner Notes

It's 3:40 A.M. — you've just finished your last set and the applause is still ringing. A half dozen people are offering to buy you a drink—and you know all their faces, if not their names. Though you've stood at that same bar or one just like it a few thousand times, it still gives you a warm feeling to be surrounded by people who dig you and groove with your music. But it's not enough.

A comfortable environment and musicians to play with who know your show cold might have been a dream 15 years ago. But the scuffling days are long since past. A dozen hits fill the pocket, if not the soul. And that's the rub.

You know there's things happening out there that you should be part of — that people are taking things you (and the other guys who paid all the dues with you) created and are building a whole new world of music with them. So you listen. Not just to what they're doing but to how and where they're doing it.

A few months later you're in London to record. Instead of using your own rhythm section or the usual jazz studio guys, you've hired a young bunch of British musicians who not only play good jazz but feel the new thing. Rock? It's good if the chords don't have to be square.

And that's where it ends up. You, some hip young musicians, and a couple of arrangers too busy trying to write good music to worry if they're sticking to accepted jazz formulas. For the first time in years preparing and recording an album is actually fun. It all sounds new...and it's gonna get even newer.

LEW FUTTERMAN