Boogaloo Joe Jones ♠ Psychedelic Jazz Guitar ♠ 1967 Full Album LP

Based in New Jersey, guitarist Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones was one of the earliest of a new group of soulful players signed to Prestige in the late 1960s. Along with Houston Person and Charles Earland, they signposted the way for a funky blues-drenched jazz that would dominate the label’s releases over the following four or five years. Jones’ first record was released in early 1968. Its title, Introducing The Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar Of Joe Jones, was an attempt to cash in on current musical trends, but the record featured very good soul jazz, a formula repeated on his second album. His next five LPs fitted into the funky soul jazz template proffered by the label, with Jones alternating languid comping with quick-fire improvisation. These albums are all sought-after collectors’ pieces. The title track of his final Prestige set, ‘Black Whip’, is his most in-demand number in the UK where it became a jazz dance classic. By Dean Rudland 01 The Mindbender 00:00 02 There Is A Mountain 05:00 03 Games 10:41 04 Sticks And Stones 15:10 05 Blues For Bruce 20:19 06 The Beat Goes On 26:15 07 Right Now 29:40 08 Call Me 33:10 09 Light My Fire 39:15 10 For Big Hal 43:15 11 St James Infirmary 50:22 12 Take All 55:48 13 Time After Time 59:40 14 Ivan The Terrible 67:10 Limerick Knowles Jr. (organ) Joe Jones (guitar) Alexander Witherspoon (electric bass) Bud Kelly (drums) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 15, 1967 Joe Jones (guitar) Ron Carter (bass) Ben Dixon (drums) Richie “Pablo“ Landrum (congas) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 12, 1967 Release Date 1968