Let 'em Roll [Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Big John Patton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Japan
• ASIN: B0000TCMAW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,585,290 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let 'Em Roll

2. Latona

3. The Shadow of Your Smile

4. The Turnaround

5. Jakey

6. One Step Ahead

Editorial Reviews

Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1965 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve, features six tracks. Blue Note. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A BLUE NOTE GROOVE CLASSIC, December 25, 1999

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Em Roll (Audio CD)

This album is INCREDIBLE. The way Bobby Hutcherson, Grant Green and John Patton lock in on their lines is almost surreal. The selections groove, but they're also deep, and the the musicians seem to connect on a deeply spiritual level. - - This is NOT just another Jazz organ combo album. It takes a new direction - - the sound is modern and progressive... John Patton at times is earthy and bluesy and at other times, very off center and mesmerizing. Melodically the stuff he's doing is almost Coltrane-esque, however, John's style is to understate things, and play with your sense of melodic imagination. Its an interactive listen, but if you're not feeling deep, you can say, "What the heck !" and get up and dance and it'll be just as good. This is probably one of the most inspired sessions to come out of those studios. - - Incidently, the cover to this album (I'm pretty sure its this one) is featured for the month of Janauary on the Millenium BLUE NOTE CALANDER which you can order through AMAZON. The cover is as firey and unforgetable as the sounds contained on the album.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely one of the best of genre, August 8, 2003

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"montego70" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let Em Roll (Audio CD)

Hard Bop listeners will really enjoy this high intensity cooker of a studio session. Some 40 years later it remains without anything to really compare it to. It's my favorite John Patton album. The vintage 1965 line up here is just unbelievable and the grooves are deep and locked-in, like wet cement. All the solos are inspired. The addition of Bobby Hutcherson on the vibes adds a colorful and spacey new dimension of tonality along with John Patton's absolutely smoking B3. Grant Green's solos don't get any hotter. Otis "Candy" Finch drums with a solid, right on top of the beat ferocity that really kicks #@! Too bad he's not on many albums. Even John Patton's bass lines and comping are amazingly groovy. Check tune #2 "Latona", an uptempo latin-soul thing with a mesmerizing, infectious groove. This album puts the "Hard" in "Hard Bop". The control panel tubes at Van Gelder Studios must have been glowing hot that night.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patton and Green are the match made in heaven, November 4, 1999

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Nick (New Lenox, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let Em Roll (Audio CD)

I bought this cd through Amazon with only owning one Patton cd, Blue John,and this is right up there with it. If you want great groove oriented organ tunes, this is the one. A must for every Grant Green fan, he is all over this cd.