Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road is a 1966 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his second release on the Atlantic label. Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Tobacco Road stands out from the pack... no matter what format, the tunes are given fantastically funked-up treatments that sound surprisingly natural". Track listing All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudy Toombs) - 2:04 "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) - 2:56 "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:52 "Can't Get Satisfied" - 5:11 "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 2:39 "And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) - 4:11 "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) - 2:36 "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 5:55 "Wade in the Water" - 4:36 Recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago on August 22 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) and August 23 (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), 1966. Personnel Jack McDuff - organ, arranger Fred Berry, King Kolax - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) John Watson - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) Red Holloway - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) Danny Turner - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9) Lonnie Simmons - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) Bobby Christian - vibraphone, percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) Roland Faulkner (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Calvin Green (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9) - guitar Loyal J. Gresham - electric bass (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) Joe Dukes (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9), Bob Guthrie (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) - drums J. J. Jackson - arranger, conductor (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)