Accent on the Blues is an album by American organist John Patton

John Patton (musician)

John Patton , sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton, was a hard bop and soul jazz organist....

 recorded in 1969 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 3 stars and stated "Accent on the Blues is among the most atmospheric music Patton has ever made. While it stops short of being free, it's hardly funky soul-jazz, and that may disappoint some fans of his rip-roaring style. Nevertheless, the album is a rewarding listen, primarliy because it displays a more reflective side of his talent".

Track listing

All compositions by John Patton except as indicated

1. "Rakin' and Scrapin'" (Harold Mabern
   Harold Mabern
   Harold Mabern is a hard bop and soul jazz pianist.Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 in the late 1950s before moving to New York in 1959. Mabern has worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet , Donald Byrd, Miles Davis , J. J...
   
   ) – 10:05
2. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris
   Eddie Harris
   Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ...
   
   ) – 4:44
3. "Captain Nasty" (Marvin Cabell) – 5:06
4. "Village Lee" (Cabell) – 7:21
5. "Lite Hit" (Cabell) – 6:21
6. "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin
   Aretha Franklin
   Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
   
   , Ted White) – 6:56
7. "Lite Hit" [alternate take] (Cabell) – 6:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Buddy Boy" – 6:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "2 J" – 7:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Sweet Pea" – 5:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
    • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 15 (tracks 1-7) and June 9 (tracks 8-10), 1969.

Personnel

• Big John Patton
  John Patton (musician)
  John Patton , sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton, was a hard bop and soul jazz organist....
  
   – organ
  Electronic organ
  An electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally, it was designed to imitate the sound of pipe organs, theatre organs, band sounds, or orchestral sounds....
  
  
• Marvin Cabell – tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
  The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
  
  , flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  
• George Coleman
  George Coleman
  George Edward Coleman is an American hard bop saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, known chiefly for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s.-Biography:...
  
   – tenor saxophone (tracks 8-10)
• James Blood Ulmer – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (tracks 1-7)
• Leroy Williams
  Leroy Williams
  Leroy Williams is an American jazz drummer.Williams first began playing drums as a teenager in the 1950s. From 1959 to the middle of the 1960s he played with Judy Roberts, and following this he moved to New York City and played with Booker Ervin in 1967...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....