Jack Mcduff

USA

Born: 17 September 1926

Died: 23 January 2001

Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Soul Jazz/Groove, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Bop

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A marvelous bandleader and organist as well as capable arranger, "Brother" Jack McDuff has one of the funkiest, most soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid basslines and blues-drenched solos are balanced by clever, almost pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. McDuff began as a bassist playing with Denny Zeitlin and Joe Farrell. He studied privately in Cincinnati and worked with Johnny Griffin in Chicago. He taught himself organ and piano in the mid-'50s, and began gaining attention working with Will...

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