Various Artists - So Blue, So Funky (1991)

BLUE SERIES MONTH (FEBRUARY, 2025)

UK import

This compilation is subtitled "Heroes of the Hammond" and all the big names from the drawbar organ world of the 1960s are accounted for here: Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Lonnie Smith, etc. Sort of celebration of the Hammond organ leaving its church roots to inhabit the local R&B and jazz clubs and, in some cases, the pop charts. Back when we looked at So Blue, So Funky, Vol. 2, I wrote that compilation contained "'60s instrumental R&B (heavy on the B) tunes that feature the Hammond organ" and this disc is the same, just as one would expect. And if you can sit still while listening to these grooves, I don't think we should see each other anymore.

Peak on the US Billboard 200 chart: Not released in US

Tracks (links to Wikipedia provided for purposes of identifying personnel):

1. All About My Girl - Jimmy McGriff
   From the 1962 album, I've Got A Woman
2. The Silver Metre - "Big" John Patton
   From the 1963 album, Along Came John
3. I'm Movin' On - Jimmy Smith
   From the 1967 album, I'm Movin' On
4. Brown Sugar - Freddie Roach
   From the 1964 album, Brown Sugar
5. Hootin' 'N Tootin' - Fred Jackson
   Taken from the 1962 album, Hootin' 'N Tootin'
6. Face To Face - "Baby Face" Willette
   Taken from the 1961 album, Face To Face
7. Plaza De Toros - Larry Young
   Taken from the 1965 album, Into Somethin'
8. Boop Bop Bing Bash - George Braith
   Taken from the 1964 album, Soul Stream
9. Fat Judy - "Big" John Patton
   Taken from the 1965 album, Oh Baby!
10. Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On) - Lou Donaldson
    Taken from the 1970 album, Everything I Play is Funky
11. Butter (For Yo' Popcorn) - "Brother" Jack McDuff
    Taken from the 1969 album, Down Home Style
12. Ain't It Funky Now - Grant Green
    Taken from the 1970 album, Green Is Beautiful

My favorites today are tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, & 12.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None

Previously revisited for the blog:

Blue Bacharach (1999)	Capitol Rare (1999)
Blue Brazil (1999)	Capitol Rare Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Break Beats (1992)	Capitol Rare Vol 3 (1999)
Blue Beat (1991)	Blue Bossa (1991)
Blue Boogie (1999)	Blue Bossa Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Series Sampler (2001)	Midnight Blue (1999)
Blue Valentines (1999)	Blue Movies (1999)
So Blue So Funky, Vol. 2 (1994)	Blue 'N' Groovy, Vol 2 (1999)