More funky jazz on the Prestige tip. Kynard was a lesser known figure from the early ‘70’s’ soul-jazz organist movement, but he was likely the only one who also worked with children with special needs. There’s something very profound in that balance between teacher and musician, and I’d be interested to see how Kynard felt about it. Either way, he released several burners on Prestige, this one being exceptional in its depth and funkiness, powered by Melvin Sparks on guitar and inimitable icons Idris Muhammad and Bernard Purdie on the skins. Kynard weaves and winds through breakneck workouts like the title cut, and lays back in the inner spaces on a stony, shuffling version of the Beatles’ “Something.” Purdie’s loooong drum break on the latter is the stuff sampling dreams are made of, and throughout the proceedings all the players latch onto a fiercely potent sense of groove. Keep on playin’ that funky organ jazz!
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