JOHN PATTON "ALONG CAME JOHN" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, RVG, LE, NE, SO, NEW/SEALED
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JOHN PATTON "ALONG CAME JOHN"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP'S, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84130, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDING BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"JOHN PATTON, GRANT GREEN AND BEN DIXON WERE INTRODUCED TO BLUE NOTE BY LOU DONALDSON AND QUICKLY BECAME THE QUINTESSENTIAL RHYTHM SECTION FOR BLUE NOTE'S FUNKIER SESSION. THEY CAME TOGETHER FOR THIS, JOHN PATTON'S FIRST ALBUM, WITH TWO OF THE LABEL'S TENOR SAXOPHONISTS FRED JACKSON AND HAROLD VICK. THE DOUBLE TENORS AND ORGAN TRIO MAKE AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION FOR SOME SOULFUL, SWINGING MUSIC. THE TITLE TUNE AND "THE SILVER METER" WERE RADIO HITS THAT REMAIN AMONG THE MOST POPULAR OF PATTON'S RECORDED PERFORMANCES."
"BY THE TIME JOHN PATTON RECORDED "ALONG CAME JOHN", HIS DEBUT AS A LEADER, HE HAD ALREADY BECOME A FAMILIAR NAME AROUND THE BLUE NOTE STUDIOS. HE, GUITARIST GRANT GREEN, AND DRUMMER BEN DIXSON HAD BECOME THE LABEL'S REGULAR SOUL-JAZZ RHYTHM SECTION, PLAYING ON SESSIONS BY LOU DONALDSON, DON WILKERSON, AND HAROLD VICK, AMONG OTHERS. THEY HAD DEVELOPED AN INTUITIVE EMPATHETIC INTERPLAY THAT ELEVATED MANY OF THEIR SESSIONS TO NEAR-GREATNESS, AT LEAST IN THE REALM OF SOUL-JAZZ. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY "ALONG CAME JOHN" IS SO SUCCESSFUL-THE THREE KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL THAT THEIR GROOVES ARE TOTALLY NATURAL, WHICH MAKES THEM QUITE APPEALING. THESE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS MAY NOT ALL BE MEMORABLE, BUT THE BAND'S INTERACTION, IMPROVISATION, AND SOLOS ARE. TENOR SAXOPHONISTS FRED JACKSON AND HAROLD VICK PROVIDE GOOD SUPPORT, AS WELL, BUT THE SHOW BELONGS TO PATTON, GREEN, AND DIXSON, WHO ONCE AGAIN PROVE THEY ARE ONE OF THE FINEST SOUL-JAZZ COMBOS OF THEIR ERA." --THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC
1) THE SILVER METER 2) I'LL NEVER BE FREE 3) SPIFFY DIFFY 4) ALONG CAME JOHN 5) GEE GEE 6) PIG FOOTS
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