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VA - The Return Of Mod Jazz (2005)

VA - The Return Of Mod Jazz (2005)

BAND/ARTIST: VA

  • Title: The Return Of Mod Jazz
  • Year Of Release: 2005
  • Label: Kent Dance
  • Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, R&B, Latin
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) | Mp3 / 320kbps
  • Total Time: 01:05:09
  • Total Size: 375 MB | 149 MB
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Tracklist
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01. Ray Bryant Combo - Sack O' Woe
02. Gene McDaniels - Sweet Lover No More
03. Billie Poole with The Junior Mance Trio - Them Blues
04. Joe Swift's Internationals - Bell Bottoms
05. Leo's Five - Hold It
06. Timmy Thomas - Have Some Boogaloo
07. Hank Jacobs - East Side
08. The George Benson Quartet - Summertime
09. Mongo Santamaria - El Pussy Cat
10. Afro-Blues Quintet Plus One - Liberation
11. Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - Canteloupe Island
12. The Googie Rene Combo - Wild Bird
13. Clarence Armstrong - Beaver
14. Bill Doggett - Twenty Five Miles
15. The Johnny Otis Show - Banana Peels
16. Leon Haywood - Ray's Theme
17. Mose Allison Trio - I Love The Life I Live
18. Red Holloway - Monkey Sho' Can Talk
19. The Dave Davani Four - Top Of The Pops
20. The Swingin' Tomatoes - Get It
21. Buddy McKnight - Everytime Part 2
22. The TKO's - Getting Into Something
23. Oscar Brown Jr - Humdrum Blues
24. The Hideaways - Hide Out

It took about five years for Ace to get from the fourth volume to the fifth one in its Return of Mod Jazz series, but this 2005 compilation upholds the high standards set by its predecessors. The two-dozen tracks represent '60s jazz at its most accessible and dance-oriented, often (though not always) emphasizing groovy organ parts and swinging piano, and mixing instrumentals with some vocal numbers. It's not the kind of stuff they'll teach in jazz history courses, but as for fun modern jazz with a liberal does of blues, soul, and pop influences, it's hard to beat. As per Ace's formula, although a bunch of the names are well known (Gene McDaniels, Timmy Thomas, George Benson, Mongo Santamaria, Bill Doggett, Johnny Otis, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, and Oscar Brown, Jr.), none of the tracks selected by these artists are overly familiar. As for the rest of the cuts (save Mose Allison's "I Love the Life I Live"), it's doubtful that many outside hardcore collectors of this stuff have heard them. That doesn't mean, however, that the numbers by the relative unknowns are inferior, and in fact, some of them rate among the disc's highlights. Googie Rene Combo's "Wild Bird," offers some ultra-tense, ultra-tight spooky choked organ; Kenny Rice & Leo's Five's "Hold It" has some real hot organ/R&B guitar interplay; and the Dave Davani Four's "Top of the Pops" can't fail to evoke the most jazz-oriented side of mid-'60s mod Swinging London. Of the other sides, Timmy Thomas' "Have Some Boogaloo," which predates his famous soul hit "Why Can't We Live Together" by a good five years, is a near-instrumental with garage jazz (if such a term exists) organ that shows a much different side of his music.~Review by Richie Unterberger

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  • mufty77
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