''Movin' On'' is a studio album by organist

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which was recorded in 2006 and released on the

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Reception

In his review on

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, Scott Yanow states "The music is reminiscent of the late '60s with catchy grooves, long vamps and some heated solos .... The mixture of basic originals and R&B covers works well and even if the program is not all that memorable, the good-time music will please fans of the idiom". In

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, Bill Milkowski called the album a "largely smooth-jazz offering" and said "the playing here is purely pedestrian ... Groove-mongers may dig this, but serious B3 mavens may want to pass"Milkowski, B
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Track listing

All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted # "Movin' On" (J. Cunningham, C. Carson Parks) – 4:11 # "Slick Willie" – 4:58 # "Waita Minute" – 7:14 # "Miss Mansfield" (G. Samuels) – 5:12 # "Funk Farm" (Grant Green Jr., Reuben Wilson) – 7:03 # "Watch Me Fly" – 4:26 # "Feel Free" – 4:59 # " What You Won't Do for Love" (

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, Alfons Kettner) – 4:13 # " Caught Up in the Rapture" (Gary Glenn, Dianne Quander) – 4:43

Personnel

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*Robert Chaseman –

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(tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8) * Grant Green Jr. – guitar, vocals *

Wilbur Bascomb Wilbur D. Bascomb Jr. is an American bass guitarist. He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington. Career In the 1970s, Bascomb worked with James Brown (1974), then recorded on the al ...

– bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 9) *Shawn Hill (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 9), J.T. Lewis (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 8) – drums

References

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