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Reuben Wilson

This tune was sampled by the Dream Warriors
about 1 year ago

on a track called "I Wouldn't Wanna Be You". It's a Reuben Wilson tune from 1971, with Jerome Richardson on saxes, arranged by Wade Marcus. There seems to be some debate as to the exact title - "Sho' Nuff Mellow" makes a lot more sense than the title I have in front of me, but hey....

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Tight Money
about 1 year ago
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www.lanier2.imeem.comReuben Wilson was one of many soul-jazz organists to emerge in the late '60s, but he was one of only a handful of new organists from that era to be signed to Blue Note. By that point in the label's history, most of their artists were concentrating on accessible soul-jazz, and while he occasionally strayed outside of the conventions of the genre, Wilson more or less followed...

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