Big
John Patton: Let 'em Roll LP: Blue Note BLP 4239
CD: Blue Note 89795
1 Let 'em Roll (Patton)
2 Latona (Patton)
3 The Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel, Webster)
4 The Turnaround (Mobley)
5 Jakey (Patton)
6 One Step Ahead (Patton)
Personnel
Big John Patton (org); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Grant Green (g); Otis "Candy"
Finch (d)
Recording Date & Location
11 Dec 1965, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Commentary
Like Grant Green’s Street
of Dreams, Big John Patton’s Let ‘Em Roll combines a standard
organ trio (organ, guitar and drums) with Hutcherson’s vibraphone. It’s
no coincidence that this album was released as part of Blue Note’s “Rare
Groove” series. Most of the tracks are rooted in soul-jazz, and “groove”
is precisely the right word to describe it. Even so, the players let loose
some strong solos. But there’s nothing earth-shaking here from Hutcherson.
Big John and his B3 are firmly center-stage.
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