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You don't hear much about Boogaloo Joe Jones. He had a nice style; funky, melodic and just fluid enough to make his musical point, but not trying to impress with chops for the sake of chops. Am I right that he seems to feel the bet on the front end rather than right in the pocket or behind the beat? At times he sounds like a more pop, more garrulous, less profound, Grant Green.
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I like this album the most.
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He's a local from Vineland NJ (and still living there, AFAIK). He worked a lot of gigs in South Jersey and recorded with a few names. He was with Willis Jackson for a few years, which I always found interesting since Jackson's guitar player when I first encountered him live (in the summer of 1964) was Pat Martino, who was an entirely different player from Jones even then and in that setting.
He released several albums as a leader and had some chops. His first album was called something like The Psychdelic Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones. Ran Carter and Ben Dixon were on it, and it's not all what the title makes it seem or what his career turned out to feature. He had nice tone and a great touch. Here's an example of his playing from it:
I once subbed for him at the Top of the Marque in Cape May in the summer of '70 or '71. He was in an organ trio with a wonderful female vocalist whose name I've long forgotten. I never got to meet him, but that band thought he was doing fine playing standards and pop tunes.
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I have one of his albums with tracks such as 'Black Whip' - funky player. He could also play ballads such as 'My Love' in an organ trio at a tempo that always threatened to fall apart but somehow didn't.
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He's one of my absolute favourites, at times he's like a jazzy version of Buddy Guy, so intense and yet so in control when he takes off on tuens like Confusion and You've Got It Bad Girl but also just so bluesy and funky on Sweetback, Snake Rhythm and so on.
There's nothing madly flashy if you slow down his riffs and study them but thats the point, he plays to be Enjoyed!
Grover Washington Jnr was a sideman on many of his recordings, a great team.
Ivan is a wonderful wonderful player.
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