The Boss Men
1966 studio album by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Billy James
The Boss Men | ||||
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Studio album by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Billy James | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | December 28, 1965 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7466 | |||
Producer | Cal Lampley | |||
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Sonny Stitt chronology | ||||
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The Boss Men is an album by organist Don Patterson with saxophonist Sonny Stitt and drummer Billy James recorded in late 1965 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "While this is a respectable straight-ahead jazz-with-organ session, it's also so similar to so many other Prestige dates from the mid-'60s -- not to mention the other dates which featured the exact same three players as this LP does -- that it challenges the reviewer to come up with anything new, fresh, and exciting to say about the music".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Don Patterson except where noted.
- "Diane" (Art Pepper) – 5:40
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 8:15
- "Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 5:40
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 5:30
- "Big C's Rock" – 3:09
- "They Say That Falling in Love Is Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 7:45
Personnel
- Don Patterson – organ
- Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
- Billy James – drums
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed March 28, 2013
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review, accessed March 28, 2013
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1347. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Don Patterson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Goin' Down Home (1963)
- The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (with Booker Ervin, 1964)
- Hip Cake Walk (with Booker Ervin, 1964)
- Patterson's People (with Sonny Stitt and Bookler Ervin, 1964)
- Holiday Soul (1964)
- Tune Up! (1964–69)
- Satisfaction! (1965)
- The Boss Men (with Sonny Stitt and Billy Jones, 1965)
- Soul Happening! (1966)
- Mellow Soul (1967)
- Four Dimensions (1967)
- Boppin' & Burnin' (1968)
- Opus De Don (1968)
- Funk You! (1968)
- Oh Happy Day (1969)
- Brothers-4 (with Sonny Stitt, 1969)
- Donny Brook (with Sonny Stitt, 1969)
- The Return of Don Patterson/The Genius of the B-3 (1972)
- These Are Soulful Days (1973)
- Movin' Up! (1977)
- Why Not... (1978)
Sonny
Stitt
- Boss Tenors in Orbit! (and Gene Ammons, 1962)
- Feelin's (1962)
- Low Flame (1962)
- Shangri-La (1964)
- Soul People (and Booker Ervin, 1964–69)
- Night Crawler (1965)
- Parallel-a-Stitt (1967)
- Soul Electricity! (1968)
- Black Vibrations (1969)
others
- I Only Have Eyes for You (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
- Trackin' (1962)
- Introducing Eric Kloss (1965)
- Love and All That Jazz (Eric Kloss, 1966)