''Upchurch'' is an album by jazz and R&B guitarist

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, an ...

recorded in 1969 and released on the Cadet label.Phil Upchurch discography
accessed May 14, 2014

Reception

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awarded the album 2 stars.Allmusic Review
accessed May 14, 2014

Track listing

''All compositions by Phil Upchurch except as indicated'' # "Black Gold" (

Charles Stepney Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931– May 17, 1976) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. Stepney is noted for his work with artists such as The Dells, Ramsey Lewis, Rotary Connection and Earth, Wind & Fire. Career He ...

) – 4:31 # " America" ( Paul Simon) – 3:30 # "As You Said" (

Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of British rock band Cream. After the group disband ...

, Pete Brown) – 2:31 # "You Wouldn't, You Couldn't Be True" – 3:02 # " Crosstown Traffic" ( Jimi Hendrix) – 4:00 # "Adam and Charlene" (Charles Stepney) – 4:19 # "

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David Clayton-Thomas David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas has been inducte ...

) – 3:28 # "

Voodoo Chile "Voodoo Chile" ( ) is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded in 1968 for the third Jimi Hendrix Experience album ''Electric Ladyland''. It is based on the Muddy Waters blues song " Rollin' Stone", but with original lyrics and music. At 15 min ...

" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:52 # "More and More" (Don Juan Mancha, Vee Pea Smith) – 2:43 # "Midnight Chile" – 4:09

Personnel

*Phil Upchurch –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* Donny Hathaway –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Louis Satterfield Louis Edward Satterfield (April 3, 1937 – September 27, 2004) was an American bassist and trombonist. Satterfield was a member of both The Pharaohs and the Phenix Horns. He also collaborated with prominent artists such as Earth, Wind & Fire, ...

– bass *

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' ...

– drums *Bobby Christian –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

*James Mack Singers - vocals *

– arranger and conductor

References

{{Authority control Phil Upchurch albums 1969 albums Cadet Records albums Albums produced by Charles Stepney Albums arranged by Charles Stepney Instrumental albums