Freddie Roach

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Brown Sugar 04:20 Tools
When Malindy Sings 05:20 Tools
I.Q. Blues 05:21 Tools
One Track Mind 05:43 Tools
Googa Mooga 03:23 Tools
Pastel 04:31 Tools
It Ain't Necessarily So 05:02 Tools
On Our Way Up 06:20 Tools
Wine, Wine, Wine 06:31 Tools
Lots of Lovely Love 04:59 Tools
I Know 03:20 Tools
Unchained Melody 05:01 Tools
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby 03:46 Tools
Mo' Greens Please 04:23 Tools
Althea Soon 08:06 Tools
Nada Bossa 03:04 Tools
De Bug 06:41 Tools
Have You Ever Had The Blues 06:40 Tools
Ahm Miz 05:48 Tools
Blues in the Front Room 04:43 Tools
Party Time 03:18 Tools
All Night Long 06:40 Tools
Next Time You See Me 05:05 Tools
Lujon 06:26 Tools
Baby Don't You Cry 04:11 Tools
Lion Down 04:54 Tools
The Midnight Sun Will Never Set 06:53 Tools
Money (That's What I Want) 04:20 Tools
'Tain't What You Do 04:58 Tools
The Right Time 07:16 Tools
More Mileage 06:36 Tools
Two Different Worlds 03:03 Tools
T'Ain't What You Do (It's The Way You Do It) 04:58 Tools
On Your Way Up 06:20 Tools
(Night Time is) the Right Time 07:17 Tools
Brown Sugar (Roach) 04:20 Tools
Spacious 08:37 Tools
Cloud 788 06:25 Tools
The Righ Time 07:18 Tools
Tenderly 06:19 Tools
Drunk 04:37 Tools
Mas Que Nada 04:18 Tools
Prince Street 03:49 Tools
All That's Good 05:35 Tools
Journeyman 07:38 Tools
My People (Soul People) 03:14 Tools
Blues For 007 05:52 Tools
Respectfully Yours 02:45 Tools
Straight Ahead 02:55 Tools
I'm on My Way 06:20 Tools
Freddie 04:47 Tools
Loie 06:34 Tools
Busted 06:05 Tools
(Night Time Is) The Right Time - 1992 Digital Remaster 04:02 Tools
You've Got Your Troubles 04:37 Tools
Avatara 03:39 Tools
Samba de Orfeo 04:37 Tools
The Bees 06:41 Tools
(Good) Morning Time 06:41 Tools
Stinky Fingers 04:02 Tools
Spacious (45 edit) 00:30 Tools
Johnnie's Comin' Home No More 05:17 Tools
Warning Shot 06:35 Tools
(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Instrumental) (1992 Digital Remaster) 07:18 Tools
(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Instrumental) 04:02 Tools
Here Cones the Mocha Men 04:02 Tools
'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) 04:58 Tools
T' Aint What You Do 04:59 Tools
More Milage 05:08 Tools
Mo' Greens, Please 00:30 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time 00:30 Tools
Next Time You See Me - Single Version 00:30 Tools
The Next Time You See Me 05:08 Tools
(Night Time Is) The Right Time - Instrumental;1992 Digital Remaster 00:30 Tools
Unchained Melody (Mo' Greens Please 1963) 00:00 Tools
Money(That's What I Want) 00:00 Tools
Here Comes the Mocha Man 05:20 Tools
Freddie Roach - I.Q. Blues 05:20 Tools
アンチェインド・メロディ 05:20 Tools
Be Bug 05:20 Tools
Cload 788 05:20 Tools
(Night Time Is) The Right Time (Digitally Remastered) 05:20 Tools
money 05:20 Tools
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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.