Snake Rhythm Rock/Black Whip

1. Hoochie Coo Chickie

2. Snake Rhythm Rock

3. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

4. He's So Fine

5. Big Bad Midnight Roller

6. Black Whip

7. My Love

8. Freak Off

9. Daniel

10. Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen

11. Crank Me Up

Tracks:

Hoochie Coo Chickie
Snake Rhythm Rock
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
He's So Fine
Big Bad Midnight Roller
Black Whip
My Love
Freak Off
Daniel
Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Crank Me Up

Customer Reviews:

Groovy early '70s Soul Jazz at its most cookin'!.......2007-03-12

Somewhere between "funky" era Grant Green and plain funky Melvin Sparks lyeth the great Boogaloo Joe Jones. Its the early 70's... admittedly the organ thing is dying out, but labels are still desperate to capture the "young" generation... hence along cometh Boogaloo... a funky Jazz guitarist who is the epitome of both "soul" and "Jazz" and a sound that has the crispness of the old funky Blue Note sound... with a bit of extra bite added in. (Both these sessions were originally released on the Prestige label.)

An under-rated funky and bluesy Jazz gi-tah session man, Boogaloo's trademark was an ability to surround himself with some of the best sidemen he could and letting them do the job they already knew how to do (he told me this himself!) - - In many ways it worked too well... Since he's not all over the place, pretentiously showing off how complex he could play, its all too easy to write him off... but then if you listen closely... very closey you realize the precision of his razor sharp slick, simple and sharp ability to swing, groove and preach the blues. Many of the licks are so quotable, you almost write them off because they all just fit in like piece of pie and sound so GOOD you tend to think, "Well duhhhhh... it was meant to be there..." but then you realize that that

As an added bonus, he's "production savvy" - - if you don't believe me, notice the things that are easy not to notice but one day you know... for example, a strange whistle going off at the end of a soul, the subtle addition of a shaking tambourine, or even a simple coupla note Wes'ish strum that builds to the equivallent of a musical orgasm.

Some additional points - - the CDs include variety...from funky "protypical" acid Jazz rump shakers to ultra uptempo bluesy early George Bensonish swinging blues cookers - - and plenty in between... (There's even a Bossa Rocka - - my favorite is the Charles Earlandish rendition of the 60's pop hit "He's So Fine".)

Alas, the ensembles:
Rusty Bryant (sax) (and in an extremely funky mood!)
Butch Cornell - organ
Jimmy Lewis - bass
and Grady Tate Drums

Black whip features Dave Hubbard on sax,
Bobby Knowles (org.) plus Sonny Phillips, piano...
Bud Kelly - - drums
and Jimmy Johnson Percussion

Listen closely... some of the tunes might sound "status quo" at first, but they all build...especially the rhythm section which can heat up to unbearable temperatures, yet never overheats and loses it.

More Boogaloo Joe Jones.......2004-09-09

If you have the Legends of Acid Jazz cd's and Mindbender / My Fire, and you want more Boogaloo Joe Jones, you shouldn't hesitate to buy this cd. I agree that the pop cover songs sound out of place, but I didn't find them all that bad to listen to. Most of the tunes are great, and well worth the price.

Tepid Boogaloo Joe.......2002-01-21

The way to go with Boogaloo Joe is to buy the Legends of Acid Jazz Vol. 1 compilation. That stuff is smokin'. This one has its moments, but is uniformly less fun than the Legends compilation. Some of the cover versions of then/formerly-popular songs are dangerously close to elevator music (especially "He's So Fine" & "My Love"). Also, a couple of the slow ones get way too slow for this kind of thing. "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," a great (& slow) Roberta Flack song, seems interminable. Don't be fooled by the album & song titles, which look a whole lot cooler than it sounds.