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Artist: Various
Album: Signifying! - Funky Organ Grooves from the Big Apple
Genre: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Label: BGP Records
Released: 1998
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
1. Freddie Roach - Spacious 8:37
2. Johnny Hammond Smith - Johnny Hammond Boogaloo 5:03
3. Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Power 5:53
4. Trudy Pitts - Take Five 4:30
5. Brother Jack McDuff - 601 1/2 North Poplar 4:14
6. Johnny Hammond Smith - Getting Up 6:16
7. Sonny Fortune, Stan Hunter - Trip On The Strip 4:54
8. Johnny Hammond Smith - Here It Is 4:46
9. Freddie Roach - One Track Mind 5:46
10. Charles Earland - Sing A Simple Song 5:45
11. Richard "Groove" Holmes - Ain't That Peculiar 3:12
12. Don Patterson - Satisfaction 3:31
13. Don Patterson - Uptight 3:23
14. Charles Earland - Milestones 4:43
15. Leon Spencer, Jr. - First Gravy 4:03
16. Brother Jack McDuff - Walk On By 2:44
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With 16 songs and 77 minutes of music, this compilation of 1965-71 Hammond organ soul-jazz from the Prestige vaults is not only excellent value, but so well-selected as to rate among the finest soul-jazz compilations. Jack McDuff is the only name that will be immediately familiar to many general listeners; most of the disc is dedicated to lesser-known talents in the same vein, including Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland, and more obscure names like Freddie Roach, Trudy Pitts, Don Patterson, and Leon Spencer. What elevates this above some similar anthologies is the focus upon cuts with really sharp, funky riffs, along with intelligent programming that provides a greater variety than you'll find on most soul-jazz comps. Highlights are hard to isolate in such strong company, but Trudy Pitts' suave run-through of "Take Five," Jack McDuff's propulsive "601 1/2 No. Poplar," Earland's furiously fast-paced "Milestones," and McDuff's incandescent version of "Walk On By" (arranged by Benny Golson) are standouts.
Review by Richie Unterberger