VARIOUS – Night Sounds (2CD)

CD Duration (combined): 2 hours 29 minutes / Year: 2013

2013 release. The Genesis of Soul/Jazz organ combos 1956-1962.

The Most detailed CD exploration yet into the early 60s rise of Jazz organists featuring the greatest exponents of the genre: Jimmy Smith; Jimmy McGriff; Brother Jack McDuff; Booker T and many others! Includes the defining hits like “Walk on the Wild Side”, “I Got a Woman” and of course “Green Onions”.

One of the greatest things about this most popular sub-genre of jazz is how fresh most of the records still sound over fifty years after they were recorded. Many of these songs were covered by British bands during the blues boom and the genre was an important element in the emerging Mod movement (mono/stereo).

Disc One (Running Time 76.01):
Jimmy Smith – The Champ
Ernie Freeman – Night Sounds
Bill Doggett – After Hours
Bill Doggett – Backwards
Hank Marr – Tonk Game
Brother Jack McDuff – Brother Jack
Larry Young – Wee Dot
Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special
Phil Upchurch Combo – You Can’t Sit Down
Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes – Morris the Minor
Hank Marr – Ram Bunk Shush
Hank Marr – The Push
Brother Jack McDuff – Honeydripper

Disc Two (Running Time 73.05):
Shirley Scott – Hip Soul
Shirley Scott – Hip Twist
Johnny Hammond Smith – Ribs ‘n’ Chips
Johnny Hammond Smith – Sticks and Stones
Baby Face Willette – Face to Face
Baby Face Willette – Something Strange
Bill Doggett & His Combo – You Can’t Sit Down (Part 1)
Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant – Meetin’ Here
Jimmy McGriff – I Got a Woman (Parts 1 & 2)
Jimmy Smith – Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Donaldson with Big John Patton – Funky Mama
Booker T. & The MGs – Green Onions
Booker T. & The MGs – Behave Yourself