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If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms. Opening with the cinematic, stuttering "Bambu" and running through a set of relaxed, funky grooves -- including covers of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" and Edwin Starr's "Twenty-Five Miles" -- Blue Mode isn't strictly a jazz album, but its gritty, jazzy vamps and urban soul-blues make it highly enjoyable. Reuben Wilson has a laid-back, friendly style and his supporting band -- tenor saxophonist John Manning, guitarist Melvin Sparks, and drummer Tommy Derrick -- demonstrate a similarly warm sense of tone. While none of them break through with any improvisations that would satiate hardcore jazz purists, they know how to work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Reuben Wilson, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Capitol Records, LLC
Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Floyd, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Reuben Wilson, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Reuben Wilson, Composer, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Reuben Wilson, Composer, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Wexler, Composer - Johnny Bristol, Composer - BERT RUSSELL, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - EDWIN STARR, Composer - HARVEY FUQUA, Composer - Reuben Wilson, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Reuben Wilson, Composer, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Melvin Sparks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Derrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Manning, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms. Opening with the cinematic, stuttering "Bambu" and running through a set of relaxed, funky grooves -- including covers of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" and Edwin Starr's "Twenty-Five Miles" -- Blue Mode isn't strictly a jazz album, but its gritty, jazzy vamps and urban soul-blues make it highly enjoyable. Reuben Wilson has a laid-back, friendly style and his supporting band -- tenor saxophonist John Manning, guitarist Melvin Sparks, and drummer Tommy Derrick -- demonstrate a similarly warm sense of tone. While none of them break through with any improvisations that would satiate hardcore jazz purists, they know how to work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:40
- Main artists: Reuben Wilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1970 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
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