Brown Sugar is the fourth album by American organist Freddie Roach

Freddie Roach (organist)

See Freddie Roach for the boxer.Freddie Roach is a soul jazz Hammond B3 organist born in the Bronx, New York. He was one of a handful of legendary jazz organists that made history in the 1960s, the golden era of the Hammond organ...

 recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Brown Sugar marks a turning point for Freddie Roach: It's the moment he decided to get dirty, funky, and soulful. Previously, he had plenty of funk in his playing, but he was tasteful, at times a little bit too tasteful. On Brown Sugar, he simply burns".

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Roach except as indicated

1. "Brown Sugar" - 4:22
2. "The Right Time" (Jerry Herman
   Jerry Herman
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   ) - 7:18
3. "Have You Ever Had the Blues" (Harold Logan, Lloyd Price
   Lloyd Price
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   ) - 6:43
4. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Dorcas Cochran
   Dorcas Cochran
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   , Quincy Jones
   Quincy Jones
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   , Henri Salvador
   Henri Salvador
   Henri Salvador was a French Caribbean singer.-Biography:Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native Indian from the Caribbean, were both from Guadeloupe, French West Indies...
   
   ) - 6:55
5. "Next Time You See Me
   Next Time You See Me
   "Next Time You See Me" is a blues song recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker . The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke Records and one of his most successful singles in both the R&B and pop charts...
   
   " (Earl Forest, William G. Harvey) - 5:07
6. "All Night Long" (Curtis Reginald Lewis
   Curtis Reginald Lewis
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   ) - 6:40
   • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 19, 1964.

Personnel

• Freddie Roach
  Freddie Roach (organist)
  See Freddie Roach for the boxer.Freddie Roach is a soul jazz Hammond B3 organist born in the Bronx, New York. He was one of a handful of legendary jazz organists that made history in the 1960s, the golden era of the Hammond organ...
  
   - organ
  Electronic organ
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• Joe Henderson
  Joe Henderson
  Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
  
   - tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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• Eddie Wright - guitar
  Guitar
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• Clarence Johnston - drums
  Drum kit
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