|
Boogaloo Joe Jones The Mindbender and My Fire .
Released : 1968
Label : Beat Goes Public
Format : Flac
Ivan Joseph Jones, also known as "Boogaloo Joe", (born November 1, 1940) is a jazz guitarist. He made his solo debut as "Joe Jones" on Prestige Records in 1967, but earned the name "Boogaloo Joe" following a 1969 record of that title. The nickname was meant to distinguish him from the other people with similar names in the music business, such as R&B singer Joe Jones, jazz drummers "Papa Jo" Jones and Philly Joe Jones, and the Joe Jones of the Fluxus movement. Later, he'd turn to billing himself as Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones.
Jones recorded several albums in a soul-jazz vein for Prestige in the period from 1966 to 1978. In addition to leading his own group for recording purposes, Ivan Jones recorded with Richard 'Groove' Holmes, Houston Person, Harold Mabern, Wild Bill Davis and, most notably, Willis Jackson. Rusty Bryant, Charles Earland, and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie are among the sidemen also featured on Boogaloo's albums.
His sound and style clearly derived from the blues. But it was a solid understanding of rock that Jones brought to his style of jazz. He was influenced most by Tal Farlow and Billy Butler, but gravitated toward the rhythm and blues jazz Butler was popularizing with organist Bill Doggett's popular group.
While jazz went through some drastic changes during the dozen years of his recording career, Jones’ sound and style stayed remarkably consistent. His twangy tone coupled catchy chordal vamps with astonishing rapid-fire single-note playing. He could handle familiar pop covers ("Light My Fire," "Have You Never Been Mellow") and ballads. But he really excelled in the jazz-funk groove and proved himself a first-rate blues player.
THE MINDBENDER: INTRODUCING THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUL JAZZ GUITAR OF JOE JONES (Originally Prestige 7557)
1. The Mindbender (4:50)
2. There Is A Mountain (5:34)
3. Games (4:20)
4. Sticks and Stones (5:00)
5. Blues For Bruce (5:50)
6. The Beat Goes On (3:18 )
7. Right Now (3:19)
8. Call Me (6:04)
Tracks 3,5,7,8.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: March 15, 1967
Limerick Knowles Jr. (org); Joe Jones (g); Alexander Witherspoon (el-b); Bud Kelly (aka Joseph R. Brancato) (d).
Tracks 1,2,4,6.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: December 12, 1967
Joe Jones (g); Ron Carter (b); Ben Dixon (d); Richard Landrum (cga,bgo). [/size]
Note : Track Sequence on original Prestige Releases not as above.
[size=5]MY FIRE : MORE OF THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUL JAZZ GUITAR OF JOE JONES (Originally Prestige 7617)
9. Light My Fire (3:54)
10. For Big Hal (7:04)
11. St James Infirmary (5:23)
12. Take All (3:50)
13. Time After Time (7:19)
14. Ivan The Terrible (5:56)
Recorded : Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: October 21, 1968
Harold Mabern (p); Joe Jones (g); Peck Morrison (b); Bill English (d); Richard Landrum (cga).
|
