Boogaloo Joe Jones - Legends Of Acid Jazz '1996

Tracks list

Something of a B-list player in the annals of soul jazz guitar, Ivan Joseph
Jones (a.k.a. Boogaloo Joe) still serves of up one of the more satisfying
entries in the Legends of Acid Jazz series with this compilation of 1969s
Boogaloo Joe and 1970s Right on Brother. While the Boogaloo moniker suggests a
style limited to a cruder brand of funk, Jones is actually an articulate and
versatile player. More than happy to play bluesy funk -- which he does with
clean, irresistible in-the-pocket-riffing and sure-handed rhythm work -- he is
also a fleet-fingered soloist, with a good bit of Grant Green and Pat Martino in
his approach. Perhaps, his closest stylistic cousin is the early George Benson,
but listeners will find that Jones digs down deeper, churns headier grooves, and
offers a more committed brand of soul jazz than Benson does in his mid-60s work.

Tenor saxophonist Rusty Bryant is a reliable presence on both sets; however, the
focal point is the axis of Jones, organists Sonny Phillips and Charles Earland,
and, above all, drummer Bernard Purdie. Purdie takes the soul jazz drummers role
to a higher plane on these 12 tracks, masterfully exploiting his repertoire of
distinctive fills and pick-up beats to punctuate the performances and create the
foundation for some state-of-the-art groovesmithing. Amidst the funk is a
sprinkling of ballads and blues that provide an effective change of pace while
retaining much of the intensity of the more purely funk numbers.


Tracks:

01.	Boogaloo Joe	
02.	Dont Deceive Me	
03.	Boardwalk Blues	
04.	Dream On Little Drummer	
05.	Atlantic City Soul	
06.	6:30 Blues	
07.	Right On	
08.	Things Aint What They Used To Be	
09.	Poppin	
10	Someday Well Be Together	
11	Brown Bag	
12	Let It Be Me

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