A Change Is Gonna Come (Jack McDuff album)

A Change Is Gonna Come
Studio album by Jack McDuff
Released	1966
Recorded	May 4 & 5, 1966 New York City
Genre	Soul jazz
Length	36:23
Label	Atlantic 1463
Jack McDuff chronology
I Got a Woman (1964-66) A Change Is Gonna Come (1966) Tobacco Road (1966)

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Allmusic	[1]

A Change Is Gonna Come is a 1966 album by organist Brother Jack McDuff which was his first released on the Atlantic label.^[2]

Reception

Bruce Eder in his review for Allmusic states, "The tempo and texture shifts throughout keep this record continually interesting to the listener, and the range of influences, from jazz to gospel with side trips into the blues (culminating with a seven-minute epic in the latter genre), gives a lot of great playing for everybody".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated

1. "Down in the Valley" (Traditional) - 2:18
2. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) - 3:05
3. "Hot Cha" (Willie Woods) - 4:18
4. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) - 2:33
5. "No Tears" (Red Holloway) - 3:32
6. "Gonna Hang Me Up a Sign" - 2:35
7. "Minha Saudade" (João Donato, João Gilberto) - 5:51
8. "Same Old Same Old" (Roger Kellaway) - 4:42
9. "Can't Find the Keyhole Blues" - 7:17

• Recorded in New York City on May 4 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6) and May 5 (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9), 1966.

Personnel

• Jack McDuff - organ
• Johnny Grimes, Harold Johnson - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Richard Harris - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Danny Turner - alto saxophone (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9)
• Arthur Clarke (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6), George Coleman (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9) - tenor saxophone
• Buddy Lucas - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• James Oliver - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
• Cornell Dupree - guitar, congas (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9)
• Jimmy Tyrell - bass
• Joe Dukes (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9), Bernard Purdie - drums
• Warren Smith - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)

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