''Cold Sweat Plays J. B.'' is an album by trombonist Craig Harris' tribute band Cold Sweat performing compositions by

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which was recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.Craig S. Harris discography
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Reception

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review by Ron Wynn called it "As fine an example of applying improvisational élan to R&B/soul idiom as you can find in the 80s".Wynn, R.
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Track listing

''All compositions by James Brown except as indicated'' # "Brown's Prance" (Craig Harris) – 0:52 # " Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) – 6:52 # "

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" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 6:51 # " I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17 # "Brown's Dance" (Harris) – 3:45 # "Showtime Medley:" – (6:26) ## " Funky Good Time – 1:45 ## "I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17 ## " I Can't Stand It" – 0:56 ## " Licking Stick" (Brown, Bobby Byrd, Alfred Ellis) – 0:40 ## " There Was a Time" (Brown, Buddy Hopgood) – 6:26 # " Please, Please, Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) – 4:38 # " Try Me" – 3:41 # " Cold Sweat" (Brown, Ellis) – 7:25

Personnel

* Craig Harris – trombone, vocals, music director * Eddie Allen – trumpet *Kenny Rogers –

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soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

*Booker T. Williams –

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*Brandon Ross, Fred Wells – electric guitar *Clyde Criner – keyboards *Alonzo Gardner – electric bass *Damon Mendez – drums *Kweyao Agyapon – percussion Guests: * Olu Dara – trumpet (tracks 2 & 7) *

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– alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3) * David Murray – tenor saxophone (tracks 5 & 9) * Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman – percussion (track 6) *

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– vocals (tracks 2 & 6)

References

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