Double Exposure

Cecil Brooks III | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Savant
• ASIN: B000E40Q60
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,781 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On The Trail

2. Serenade In Blue

3. Tea For Two

4. Bird Of Beauty

5. Double Exposure

6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

7. You've Changed

8. Cute

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Modest but excellent session, July 8, 2006

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N. Dorward "obsessive reviewer" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Double Exposure (Audio CD)

This one is named after Larry Young's last album, a duo with Joe Chambers also called _Double Exposure_; but it's more of a straightahead post-Jimmy Smith organ disc rather than channelling Young's fiery post-Trane style. Which is only right: Gene Ludwig is a 68-year-old Pittsburgh native who was turned on to the organ as a teenager when he heard Jimmy Smith play in 1957. I'd not encountered his music before, though he's worked with players like Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock & Pat Martino (as well as Charles Earland, before Earland switched from sax to organ). This date was an impromptu session recorded in some spare studio time in 2000 after Ludwig & drummer Cecil Brooks III had finished work on a Jimmy Ponder session. It's not so often that you hear a bare organ/drums combo (usually saxophone, bass &/or guitar are present), & it's nice to hear them in this spare setting, blasting through a nicely unobvious pick of tunes--some cute uptempo standards like "Tea for Two" & "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (compare with the version on Smith's _Groovin' at Small's Paradise_) &, of course, the drummer's feature "Cute"; a couple melting, lavishly orchestrated ballads, "You've Changed" & "Seranade in Blue"; & a terrific Stevie Wonder cover, "Bird of Beauty" (Brooks' drumming here is quite tumultuous). Not a hevayweight album, perhaps, but it's great stuff if you love the sound of the Hammond, & it doesn't overstay its welcome (it's a compact 47 minutes long). Check it out.

4.0 out of 5 stars A hidden gem from a top notch organist, March 1, 2011

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zigor (Luxemburg) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Double Exposure (Audio CD)

As a Gene Ludwig fan, there was little chance for me to run across this album...It was pure luck I heard he made this one during an extra-time session under the name of drummer Cecil Brooks III. The tunes selection is very good and gives ample space for Gene to express himself in is usual convincing way. Not every organist is able to play in duo format : that means the left hand must be available for the comp chords, leaving most of the bass playing to the left foot. A difficult exercise for many, that separates the real organists from the others...and needless to say, Gene excels in this way of playing : just listen to Double exposure, Can't give you, You've changed...left foot bass, left hand chords and right hand melody, plus the many changes in drawbar settings and presets...Gene was really a member of the Hammond organ elite, and his cd's are too few to allow yourself missing this one...and of course all the other ones! Thank you, Mr Ludwig, for the superb playing : you will not be forgotten.Hands onLive in Las VegasThe Groove ORGANization