''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

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Reception

The

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review awarded the album 3 stars.

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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

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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

– 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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