{"id":346,"date":"2010-03-04T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T21:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=346"},"modified":"2015-02-04T08:34:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T13:34:51","slug":"hammond-week-2010-3-gene-ludwig-the-vamp-well-you-neednt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Hammond Week 2010 #3 – Gene Ludwig – The Vamp \/ Well You Needn’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gene and his porkpie hat contemplating the Hammond<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download -Gene Ludwig – The Vamp<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download -Gene Ludwig – Well You Needn’t <\/em><\/strong><\/span>
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Greetings all. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope the end of the week finds you well. I, on the other hand fell backwards through the front door of my house yesterday, landing flat on my back in a pile of toys. While my sons thought this was hilarious (I\u2019m sure I would too if I\u2019d observed it happening to someone else), I sit here feeling much like someone who fell backwards into a pile of toys, i.e. sore. I\u2019m trying not to dwell on how much my own stupidity contributed to this accident. To do so would only make my back hurt more than it does.
\nI\u2019ve decided to close out Hammond Week 2010 with an old favorite by one of the true masters of the instrument, Mr. Gene Ludwig.<\/strong>
\nI was lucky enough to interview Mr. Ludwig a few years back, and when you get a second you should pop on over to the old Funky16Corners<\/strong> web zine to read up on the read ups.<\/a>
\nThe tune I bring you today is the very first Gene Ludwig record I ever heard, courtesy of my man Haim<\/strong>. Back in the day, when he still lived on this side of the country, Haim – aware of my Hammond addiction –\u00a0 had a record that he simply had to play for me, and that record was \u2018The Vamp\u2019.
\nYou all know what a nut I am for organ records, and as soon as the needle hit the wax on the Travis 45 of \u2018The Vamp\u2019 my hair pretty much stood on end. A fantastic showcase for Ludwig\u2019s keyboard skills, \u2018The Vamp\u2019 is also something much more.<\/em>
\nThere, in its two minutes and thirty six seconds resides a perfect encapsulation of the meaning of soul jazz. Featuring Ludwig on the organ, Jerry Byrd <\/strong>on guitar and Randy Gillespie<\/strong> leaving his drums for a turn on the tambourine, \u2018The Vamp\u2019 (so named since it was basically built on a riff in the studio) moves at a fairly brisk pace, yet, thanks to the absence of the full drum set, manages to generate an air of relaxed cool.
\nThe tune opens with Ludwig\u2019s fingers flying all over the keys, with short, rhythmic chops by Byrd as Gillespie pulls his tambourine out of the amen corner and goes to town. It\u2019s at the minute mark that the organ and guitar switch places, with Gene comping on the organ as the guitarist solos at length until Ludwig comes back in to restate the main theme just before the fade out.
\nThere, in well under three minutes resides pure, 1965, smokey night club, jukebox perfection. Back in 2007 I included \u2018The Vamp\u2019 (recorded from the 45, this somewhat cleaner version coming from the LP \u2018The Educated Sound of Gene Ludwig\u2019) in Funky16Corners Radio v.24.5 \u2018Old School Hammond\u2019, but since not everyone that follows the blog was around back then, and more importantly, it\u2019s such an amazing record, I figured that I ought to bring it back for this year\u2019s week long celebration of the instrument.
\nI\u2019m also including \u2013 from the same album \u2013 Gene\u2019s take on my idol Thelonious Monk\u2019s<\/strong> (in his time, a survivor over the long haul, much like Mr. Ludwig) \u2018Well You Needn\u2019t\u2019. It gives you a chance to hear the master’s jazz chops as he and the group dig in for six and a half minutes of pure, listening pleasure.
\nI\u2019m happy to say that Gene Ludwig – 73 years young – is still working it out on the Hammond in 2010, with a full slate of dates. Make sure you check out his website for samples of his (excellent) recent recordings, as well as videos* some recent performances.<\/a>
\nI hope you\u2019ve enjoyed this week\u2019s selections, and I\u2019ll be back next week with some funk.
\nHave a great weekend.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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*There\u2019s a great version of Gene and his group playing one of my favorite soul jazz standards, Percy Mayfield\u2019s \u2018River\u2019s Invitation\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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