''Gin and Orange'' is a 1969 album by organist

Brother Jack McDuff Eugene McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era ...

recorded both live and in the studio which was his third release on the

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label.Jack McDuff discography
accessed January 23, 2013

Reception

Rovi in his review for

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states, "''GIN'' features a slightly higher quotient of electric guitar than usual and--something unique for most jazz organ sessions--the super-funky electric bass of Phil Upchurch. With BBQ-rich arrangements by Richard Evans, the result is a heavier sound that McDuff none-the-less cuts through like crazy".Rov
Allmusic Review
January 23, 2013

Track listing

''All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated'' # "Mac-Duffin" (Richard Evans, Jack McDuff) - 3:03 # "The Electric Surfboard" - 5:02 # "On the Case" (Evans) - 2:59 # "Channel One" - 5:56 # "Get It Up" (Evans) - 3:02 # "Gin and Orange" - 4:19 # "Beep-Bo-Boo" - 7:22 # "With the Wind" (

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, Jack Lawrence) - 6:46 *Recorded at Ter Mar Studios (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and The London House (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Chicago, Illinois in April 1969

Personnel

- organ *

Gene Barge James Gene Barge (born August 9, 1926) is an American tenor and alto saxophonist, composer in several bands, and actor. Biography Born in Norfolk, Virginia in August 1926, he was a founding member of the 1960s band The Church Street Five, which ...

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(tracks 1, 3 & 5) *

Ben Branch Ben F. Branch (January 8, 1928 – August 27, 1987)

(tracks 1, 3 & 5), Cliff Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8),

Billy Phipps Billy Phipps (25 December 1931 – 3 December 2011) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer who contributed to the development of a wide range of jazz styles including hard bop, soul jazz, Latin jazz, and primitive. Career Phipp ...

(tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

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(tracks 1, 3 & 5), Jerry Byrd (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) -

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Phil Upchurch Philip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and bassist. Career Upchurch started his career working with the Kool Gents, the Dells, and the Spaniels, before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush, and ...

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

(tracks 1, 3 & 5) *

Morris Jennings Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr. Jennings is best known for having played drums on the ''Electric Mud' ...

(tracks 1, 3 & 5), Joe Burkes (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) -

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* Richard Powell -

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(tracks 1, 3 & 5)

References

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