Customer Reviews

Love Bug

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This is some classic Blue Note Funk, but you will have to search the world to find it or prey they re-release it. The title track and "Hot Rod" are worth any price. There are a few filler tracks to sift through-some songs just are not that good no matter who plays'em (cheesy cover tunes)like "Say a Little Prayer". Oh well-I am still completely stoked that I found this (from a record shop in Spain)-fits nicely in any Jazz collection. Start your search engines.

I love all those late '60s/early '70s B-3 organ trios. They just lay back and groove like there's no tomorrow. This hits right in the sweet spot where you bob your head and tap your feet to the beat because you just can't help yourself. If you like this, also check out Lonnie Smith, Robert Walter, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Smith, Soulive, and, as mentioned above, the Greyboy Allstars.

I love Love Bug, =)) a very special boogaloo (soul Jazz) album from the late sixties. Reuben Wilson was a gifted organ player in the Larry Young, John Patton jazz soul vein. Here he was joined by Lee Morgan, Grant Green, George Coleman and Idris Muhammad and guys, you couldn't go wrong with an all star team like that in the sixties!!! Love Bug is such a tender listening! It's so fresh and funny forty years later I can't do nothing but love it. I love each tune here but in particular I find LOVELY for real the Burt Bacharach cover and the second tune, "I'm gonna make you love me". The album is in the Lou Donaldson, Lee Morgan-Sidewinder boogaloo vein, with some personal touches here and there. I love it! It's splendid! Yeah it's a rare album right now. But it deserves your attention if you're a fan of the genre or simply if you love a nice "top down" driving jazz soul album with that special Blue Note coooool sound! ; ))) Love this bug!

Give this CD a listen, it is well worth any price, tight grooves, and outstanding organ work make this a must for jazz and funk keyboardists to check out. Other recomendations include, ALL of the Blue Break Beats albums, since they contain work similar to this one, and the Greyboy Allstars. I've also noticed that many GBA fans also enjoy Medeski, Martin, and Wood, including myself.