[TR24][OF] Jack McDuff - The Honeydripper (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) - 1961/2014 (Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz)

foobar2000 1.1.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-02-05 15:24:44
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Analyzed: Jack McDuff, Jimmy Forrest, Grant Green, Ben Dixon / The Honeydripper
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -0.72 dB    -9.86 dB      4:26 ?-Whap!
DR9       -0.48 dB   -12.56 dB      6:47 ?-I Want A Little Girl
DR8        0.00 dB   -10.90 dB      8:15 ?-The Honeydripper
DR9       -0.14 dB   -11.39 dB      7:59 ?-Dink's Blues
DR9       -0.24 dB   -11.77 dB      5:04 ?-Mr. Lucky
DR9       -0.91 dB   -11.86 dB      5:02 ?-Blues And Tonic
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Number of tracks:  6
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1564 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Jack McDuff, Hammond B-3 organ
Jimmy Forrest, tenor saxophone
Grant Green, guitar
Ben Dixon, drums

The remaster of Jack McDuff's hard swinging 1961 album The Honeydripper was overseen by Rudy Van Gelder himself, adding to the Concord/Prestige catalog the same treatment Van Gelder had done for Blue Note. The date featured the big tenor Jimmy Forrest, drummer Ben Dixon, and Grant Green on guitar in his recording debut. Green not only held his own with McDuff on the title track, "Dink's Blues," and "Blues and Tonic," but he plays gorgeous fills and chord voicings in Henry Mancini's "I Want a Little Girl." Green was always more than a sideman as this date attests, and though he was part of the rhythm section, his playing is a standout on this date. McDuff was already in full possession of his voice as an organist, and his hard bop leanings began to subside here as he embraced a more soulful approach, no doubt informed by the effect Jimmy Smith was having on jazz with his crossover. This is an excellent date and should be picked up by anyone interested in McDuff as a great place to start, or for any serious collector because of the gorgeous sound of the remaster itself.

Recorded: February 3, 1961 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Remastered: 2006, Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ