sat 15 apr 2023 16:00 hour
Soul Jazz from the fifties
Today’s portrait is of organist BIG JOHN PATTON, who had his heyday in the 1960s. At Blue Note, he succeeded Jimmy Smith as a popular soul jazz organist, an impossible task, but especially his first series of records sold well. You’ll hear Patton with, among others, Grant Green, Ben Dixon, Blue Mitchell, Bobby Hutcherson, and Clifford Jarvis.
Fat Judy (Oh Baby!, Blue Note 1965)
Along Came John (Along Came John, Blue Note 1963)
Hot Sauce (Blue John, Blue Note 1963)
The Way I Feel (The Way I Feel, Blue Note 1964)
Latona (Let ‘M Roll, Blue Note 1965)
The Yodel (Got A Good Thing Goin’ On, Blue Note 1966)
Dirty Fingers (A Certain Feeling, Blue Note 1968)
Spirit (Boogaloo, Blue Note 1968/95)
