Jack McDuff

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"Brother" Jack McDuff (actually Eugene McDuffy , born September 17, 1926 in Champaign , Illinois , † January 23, 2001 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American jazz organist and band leader.

Live and act

McDuff began his career as a bassist under Denny Zeitlin and Joe Farrell . He then studied privately in Cincinnati and worked with Johnny Griffin in Chicago . In the mid-1950s he learned to play the organ and piano by himself and made soul jazz recordings with Willis Jackson .

He brought out his first album as a band leader in 1960 with Jimmy Forrest . The following year he formed his own band with Harold Vick and Joe Dukes , later joined by George Benson . With this band he played several albums, he also worked with Joe Henderson , Pat Martino , Jimmy Witherspoon , David Newman , Rahsaan Roland Kirk , Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons and also experimented with electronic keyboards. Due to health problems, he concentrated on studio work from the late 1980s.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Live!
  US 81 December 21, 1963 (14 weeks)
Down home style
  US 192 02/28/1970 (6 weeks)
Singles
Theme From Electric Surfboard
  US 95 December 27, 1969 (2 weeks)

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Obituaries

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personal data
SURNAME McDuff, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McDuffy, Eugene (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz organist
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Champaign , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 2001
Place of death Minneapolis , Minnesota