Tuesday, July 26, 2005

The organ combo lives

On the tracks where tenorman Tad Shull plays on Melvin Rhyne's B-3 trio and quartet disk "Tomorrow Yesterday Today" it reminds me of big John Patton with saxophonists such as Harold Vick (see "Along Came John") or of Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff. Excellent guitarist Peter Bernstein plays the Grant Green role, or maybe Wes Montomery, with whom Indianapolis native Rhyne played in the early '60s, besides backing B.B. King and various R&B notables. A nice new version of the classic organ jazz combos I adore.

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