Jack McDuff

This may be a "typical" mid-'60s McDuff platter but that's always a good thing if you enjoy funky, party-ready soul jazz. Out of print for decades, this is one of the high-charting LPs that McDuff cut for Atlantic, a label that knew how to market jazz as R&B. It's full of groovecentric originals, though guitarist Melvin Sparks shines on the cover of "Summer Samba."