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29412479 | Play | Brown Sugar | 04:20 Tools | |
29412480 | Play | When Malindy Sings | 05:20 Tools | |
67939425 | Play | I.Q. Blues | 05:21 Tools | |
29412481 | Play | One Track Mind | 05:43 Tools | |
29412485 | Play | Googa Mooga | 03:23 Tools | |
29412500 | Play | Pastel | 04:31 Tools | |
29412493 | Play | It Ain't Necessarily So | 05:02 Tools | |
29412497 | Play | On Our Way Up | 06:20 Tools | |
29412501 | Play | Wine, Wine, Wine | 06:31 Tools | |
29412496 | Play | Lots of Lovely Love | 04:59 Tools | |
29412487 | Play | I Know | 03:20 Tools | |
29412484 | Play | Unchained Melody | 05:01 Tools | |
29412482 | Play | Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby | 03:46 Tools | |
29412490 | Play | Mo' Greens Please | 04:23 Tools | |
29412498 | Play | Althea Soon | 08:06 Tools | |
29412483 | Play | Nada Bossa | 03:04 Tools | |
29412499 | Play | De Bug | 06:41 Tools | |
29412507 | Play | Have You Ever Had The Blues | 06:40 Tools | |
29412494 | Play | Ahm Miz | 05:48 Tools | |
29412486 | Play | Blues in the Front Room | 04:43 Tools | |
29412488 | Play | Party Time | 03:18 Tools | |
29412505 | Play | All Night Long | 06:40 Tools | |
29412502 | Play | Next Time You See Me | 05:05 Tools | |
29412503 | Play | Lujon | 06:26 Tools | |
29412489 | Play | Baby Don't You Cry | 04:11 Tools | |
29412506 | Play | Lion Down | 04:54 Tools | |
29412508 | Play | The Midnight Sun Will Never Set | 06:53 Tools | |
29412492 | Play | Money (That's What I Want) | 04:20 Tools | |
29412531 | Play | 'Tain't What You Do | 04:58 Tools | |
29412509 | Play | The Right Time | 07:16 Tools | |
29412504 | Play | More Mileage | 06:36 Tools | |
29412495 | Play | Two Different Worlds | 03:03 Tools | |
29412520 | Play | T'Ain't What You Do (It's The Way You Do It) | 04:58 Tools | |
29412521 | Play | On Your Way Up | 06:20 Tools | |
87996239 | Play | (Night Time is) the Right Time | 07:17 Tools | |
29412532 | Play | Brown Sugar (Roach) | 04:20 Tools | |
29412529 | Play | Spacious | 08:37 Tools | |
29412510 | Play | Cloud 788 | 06:25 Tools | |
29412535 | Play | The Righ Time | 07:18 Tools | |
29412518 | Play | Tenderly | 06:19 Tools | |
29412517 | Play | Drunk | 04:37 Tools | |
29412538 | Play | Mas Que Nada | 04:18 Tools | |
29412523 | Play | Prince Street | 03:49 Tools | |
29412514 | Play | All That's Good | 05:35 Tools | |
29412530 | Play | Journeyman | 07:38 Tools | |
29412556 | Play | My People (Soul People) | 03:14 Tools | |
29412513 | Play | Blues For 007 | 05:52 Tools | |
29412526 | Play | Respectfully Yours | 02:45 Tools | |
29412540 | Play | Straight Ahead | 02:55 Tools | |
29412524 | Play | I'm on My Way | 06:20 Tools | |
29412525 | Play | Freddie | 04:47 Tools | |
29412516 | Play | Loie | 06:34 Tools | |
29412512 | Play | Busted | 06:05 Tools | |
67939430 | Play | (Night Time Is) The Right Time - 1992 Digital Remaster | 04:02 Tools | |
29412534 | Play | You've Got Your Troubles | 04:37 Tools | |
29412550 | Play | Avatara | 03:39 Tools | |
67939427 | Play | Samba de Orfeo | 04:37 Tools | |
29412557 | Play | The Bees | 06:41 Tools | |
67939428 | Play | (Good) Morning Time | 06:41 Tools | |
29412558 | Play | Stinky Fingers | 04:02 Tools | |
29412515 | Play | Spacious (45 edit) | 00:30 Tools | |
29412554 | Play | Johnnie's Comin' Home No More | 05:17 Tools | |
29412551 | Play | Warning Shot | 06:35 Tools | |
29412549 | Play | (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Instrumental) (1992 Digital Remaster) | 07:18 Tools | |
67939429 | Play | (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Instrumental) | 04:02 Tools | |
67939431 | Play | Here Cones the Mocha Men | 04:02 Tools | |
29412559 | Play | 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) | 04:58 Tools | |
29412527 | Play | T' Aint What You Do | 04:59 Tools | |
67939433 | Play | More Milage | 05:08 Tools | |
29412519 | Play | Mo' Greens, Please | 00:30 Tools | |
87996240 | Play | Night Time Is The Right Time | 00:30 Tools | |
89781055 | Play | Next Time You See Me - Single Version | 00:30 Tools | |
29412522 | Play | The Next Time You See Me | 05:08 Tools | |
67939432 | Play | (Night Time Is) The Right Time - Instrumental;1992 Digital Remaster | 00:30 Tools | |
29412545 | Play | Unchained Melody (Mo' Greens Please 1963) | 00:00 Tools | |
67939434 | Play | Money(That's What I Want) | 00:00 Tools | |
67939437 | Play | Here Comes the Mocha Man | 05:20 Tools | |
29412555 | Play | Freddie Roach - I.Q. Blues | 05:20 Tools | |
67939435 | Play | アンチェインド・メロディ | 05:20 Tools | |
67939436 | Play | Be Bug | 05:20 Tools | |
87996241 | Play | Cload 788 | 05:20 Tools | |
67939438 | Play | (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Digitally Remastered) | 05:20 Tools | |
87996242 | Play | money | 05:20 Tools |
One of the more underrated soul-jazz organists of the '60s, Freddie Roach recorded a series of seven albums for Blue Note and Prestige. Where his contemporaries played hard-driving, bluesy soul-jazz, Roach's approach was more textured and shaded. He was capable of blistering leads, but he was more interested in dynamics, harmonics and tonal color. As his career progressed, he became more interested in funky grooves, but his knack for tasteful, shaded solos and support never subsided. Freddie Roach was born in the Bronx borough of New York City on May 11, 1931. His mother was a church organist, and many of his relatives on his maternal side were also musical. Roach grew up in several cities as a child, living with a variety of relatives. At the age of eight, he was living with his aunt in White Plains, New York when he began playing the pipe organ. Over the next few years, he taught himself how to play the organ and piano, eventually studying at the Newark Conservatory for one term. In his late teens, he began playing professionally, joining Grachan Moncur's group the Strollers. At the age of 20, he joined the Marine Corps and stayed for two years, playing in the band. Following his discharge in 1953, Roach returned to jazz, settling in Canada for a short while before returning to the New York area. He soon hit the road, playing piano and organ with Chris Columbus, Cootie Williams and Lou Donaldson. By the end of the decade, he had decided to concentrate on organ. He settled in Newark, New Jersey, where he regularly played with his own band and as a solo act. He often jammed at the Club 83 with musicians like Kenny Dorham, Cannonball Adderley and Jackie McLean. But the key musical association for Roach was tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec, who asked the organist to join his band. Roach played on the sessions that became Quebec's Blue Note albums Heavy Soul and It Might as Well Be Spring. His playing on the two records impressed Blue Note president Alfred Lion, who offered Roach his own contract in 1962. That year, Roach recorded his debut set Down to Earth, supported by guitarist Kenny Burrell, tenor saxophonist Percy France and drummer Clarence Johnston. Over the next two years, Roach recorded four more albums for Blue Note. In 1963, he made Mo' Greens Please, which also featured Burrell and Johnston, and Good Move, where he was supported by tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, trumpeter Blue Mitchell and guitarist Eddie Wright. The following year, he cut Brown Sugar with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, Wright and Johnston. In October 1964, he recorded his final Blue Note album, All That's Good, a bizarre variation on his signature soul-jazz that boasted a vocal choir. He left the label the following year, reappearing in 1966 on Prestige. His first album for his new label was The Soul Book, a funkier effort than any of his Blue Note recordings. Two albums, Mocha Motion and My People (Soul People), followed in 1967. None of his Prestige records were particularly successful, and he never recorded again. Over the next three decades, Roach emerged as a cult figure of sorts, appealing to soul-jazz fans who became introduced to the genre through acid jazz. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.