Sophisticated Funk
{{Infobox album
| name = Sophisticated Funk
| type = Studio
| artist = Jack McDuff
| cover = Sophisticated Funk.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = 1976
All Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Chess
ACH-19004
| producer = Billy Jones
| chronology = Jack McDuff
| prev_title = Magnetic Feel
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Kisses
| next_year = 1980
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
Sophisticated Funk is an album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1976 and released on the Chess label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/brother-jack-mcduff/catalog/#chess-ach-19004 Jack McDuff discography] accessed January 24, 2013
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating "This forgettable effort from Jack McDuff veers far too close to smooth jazz territory for comfort -- swapping his signature Hammond B-3 for keyboards, McDuff settles for a fusion sound suggesting a particularly tepid CTI session, with none of the swagger and groove of his most memorable records".Ankeney, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/sophisticated-funk-mw0001002142 Allmusic Review], January 24, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Jack McDuff and Billy Jones except as indicated
- "Dit Da Dit" - 6:00
- "Ju Ju" (Billy Jones) - 6:49
- "To Be Named Later" - 4:50
- "Summer Dream" - 4:50
- "Jack's Boogie" - 3:32
- "Mini Pads" - 5:50
- "Electric Surf Board" (Jack McDuff) - 5:17
- "Mannix Theme" (Lalo Schifrin) - 3:26
Personnel
- Jack McDuff - organ, piano, electric piano
- Joe Farrell - saxophones, flute
- Brian Cuomo - piano
- Robert Banks, Walter Morris - guitar
- Billy Jones - guitar, percussion
- Frank Prescod - electric bass
- Joe Corsello, Ted McKinsey, Clarence Oliver, Arnold Ramsey, Scott Schoer - drums
- Craig Derry, Scott Saunders - congas, percussion
References
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