b. Eugene McDuffy, 17 September 1926, Champaign, Illinois, USA, d. 25 January 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. McDuff adopted a professional name that reflected the racial consciousness of the 60s. Self-taught on piano, he became adept on the Hammond organ, an instrument associated with the church and hence with black music at its most heated. He took time out from touring to study music in Cincinnati, Ohio before linking up with various R&B bands from 1948. McDuff formed his own jazz group in 1954, playing throughout the Midwest, often in association with saxophonist Johnny Griffin. In 1957, he broke up the unit and left music, but returned the following year as a bass player.

Listen to Brother Jack McDuff at Finetune.

• (2007)  Rhino Hi-Five: Brother Jack McDuff
• (2005)  A Change Is Gonna Come
• (2005)  Do It Now
• (2005)  Tobacco Road
• (1997)  Down Home Style

• Summer Samba (Samba de Verao)
• Butter (For Yo Popcorn)
• Do It Now
• Hot Barbecue
• Memphis In June

• Jimmy Smith
• Lonnie Smith
• Jack McDuff
• Lou Donaldson
• Richard Groove Holmes
• Jimmy McGriff
• Bill Doggett
• Grant Green
• Charles Earland
• Don Patterson
• Stanley Turrentine
• John McDuffy "Brother Jack McDuff"
• Donald Byrd
• Larry Young
• John Patton
• Booker T. & The MG's
• Miles Davis
• 'Big' John Patton
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Shirley Scott

• Lagoa
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