''To Seek a New Home'' is an album by American 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 er ...
recorded in England in 1970 and released on the
Blue Note
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label.
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Reception
The
Allmusic
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review awarded the album 3 stars.
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accessed December 3, 2010
Track listing
:''All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated''
# "Yellow Wednesday" – 6:35
# "Come and Carry Me Home" – 4:48
# "Mystic John" – 5:11
# "Hunk O' Funk" (
J.J. Jackson, McDuff) – 6:20
# "Seven Keys for Seven Doors" – 10:18
:*Recorded at
Island Studios
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, London, England on March 23 (track 2), March 24 (track 3), March 25 (track 5), and March 26 (tracks 1 & 4), 1970.
Personnel
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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 er ...
–
organ, piano
*Martin Drover, Terry Noonan, Bud Parks – trumpet
*John Bennett, Adrian Drover – trombone
*David Statham, Willie Watson – French horn
*Norman Leppard,
Dick Morrissey
Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute.
Biography Background
He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey emerg ...
, Jack Whitford, Dave Willis –
reeds
*Typhena Partridge –
harp
*
J.J. Jackson – piano, percussion
*Chris Parren –
electric piano
*
Terry Smith – guitar
*Peter Chapman, Larry Steele – electric bass
*Trevor Armstrong, Phil Leaford – drums
*Debrah Long, Jerry Long – vocals
References
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Blue Note Records albums
Jack McDuff albums
1970 albums