Sophisticated Funk

Sophisticated Funk
Studio album by Jack McDuff
Released	1976
Recorded	1976 All Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Chess ACH-19004
Producer	Billy Jones
Jack McDuff chronology
Magnetic Feel (1975) Sophisticated Funk (1976) Kisses (1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Sophisticated Funk is an album by organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1976 and released on the Chess label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating "This forgettable effort from Jack McDuff veers far too close to smooth jazz territory for comfort -- swapping his signature Hammond B-3 for keyboards, McDuff settles for a fusion sound suggesting a particularly tepid CTI session, with none of the swagger and groove of his most memorable records".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff and Billy Jones except as indicated

1. "Dit Da Dit" - 6:00
2. "Ju Ju" (Billy Jones) - 6:49
3. "To Be Named Later" - 4:50
4. "Summer Dream" - 4:50
5. "Jack's Boogie" - 3:32
6. "Mini Pads" - 5:50
7. "Electric Surf Board" (Jack McDuff) - 5:17
8. "Mannix Theme" (Lalo Schifrin) - 3:26

Personnel

• Jack McDuff - organ, piano, electric piano
• Joe Farrell - saxophones, flute
• Brian Cuomo - piano
• Robert Banks, Walter Morris - guitar
• Billy Jones - guitar, percussion
• Frank Prescod - electric bass
• Joe Corsello, Ted McKinsey, Clarence Oliver, Arnold Ramsey, Scott Schoer - drums
• Craig Derry, Scott Saunders - congas, percussion

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