The Best of Acid Jazz

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Annotation

Track 12 is Wildfire from Rusty Bryant and not Reelin' with the Feelin' from Charles Kynard as shown on the track listing (a mistake carried over from volume 2 of the 3 volumes from which this is drawn)

Annotation last modified on 2026-06-09 20:06 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Chicken Lickin’
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
congas:
Cecil Hunt (on 1972-03-18)
guitar:
Steve Weakley (guitarist) (on 1972-03-18)
instruments:
Eugene Barr (on 1972-03-18)
membranophone:
Jimmy Munford (on 1972-03-18)
organ:
Bobby Watley (on 1972-03-18)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1972-03-18)
Funk Inc.45:39
2Zebra Walk
Charles Kynard6:10
3Dig on It
Johnny “Hammond” Smith7:57
4Got Myself a Good Man
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers5:45
5Super Bad
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1970-11-02)
producer:
Bob Porter (American record producer)
bass:
Jimmy Lewis (jazz bassist) (on 1970-11-02)
congas:
Buddy Caldwell (on 1970-11-02)
drums (drum set):
Idris Muhammad (on 1970-11-02)
electric piano:
Harold Mabern (American jazz pianist) (on 1970-11-02)
guitar:
Melvin Sparks (on 1970-11-02)
saxophone:
Clarence Thomas (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1970-11-02)
trumpet:
Virgil Jones (on 1970-11-02)
arranger:
Clarence Thomas (Jazz saxophonist)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1970-11-02)
instrumental cover recording of:
Super Bad (on 1970-11-02)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Idris Muhammad5:29
6Who’s Gonna Take the Weight
Melvin Sparks7:15
7Sure ’Nuff, Sure ’Nuff
Sonny Phillips6:48
8Cold Sweat
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1971-01-11)
engineer:
Rudy Van Gelder
executive producer:
Sig Sigworth
congas:
Norman Pride (on 1971-01-11)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1971-01-11)
electric bass guitar:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist) (on 1971-01-11)
electric piano:
Harold Wheeler (on 1971-01-11)
guitar:
Ted Dunbar and Billy Nichols (US soul/disco singer/songwriter)
instruments:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Brown (saxophonist) (on 1971-01-11) and Warren Daniels (on 1971-01-11)
trumpet:
Tippy Larkin (Milton "Tippy" Larkin) (on 1971-01-11)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1971-01-11)
instrumental cover recording of:
Cold Sweat (on 1971-01-11)
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Pee Wee Ellis
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie5:41
9Psychedelic Sally
engineer:
Richard Alderson (Producer and engineer)
executive producer:
Sig Sigworth
producer:
Don Schlitten
recording of:
Psychedelic Sally
writer:
Horace Silver
Eddie Jefferson2:49
10Soul Dance
Houston Person4:12
11The Houston Express
Houston Person5:50
12Wildfire
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1971-10-04)
producer:
Bob Porter (American record producer)
congas:
Buddy Caldwell (on 1971-10-04)
drums (drum set):
Idris Muhammad (on 1971-10-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Ponder (on 1971-10-04) and Ernest Reed (on 1971-10-04)
organ:
Bill Mason (keyboardist) (on 1971-10-04)
tenor saxophone:
Rusty Bryant (on 1971-10-04)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1971-10-04)
Rusty Bryant6:52
13Smokin’ at Tiffany’s
Funk Inc.5:29