499K views · 10K shares | Happy 74th to #NEAJazzMaster George Benson. From 1964, here's George playing with Brother Jack McDuff. You can hear Benson's "sound" even then when he was in his early 20s. Brother Jack McDuff - organ Red Holloway - tenor sax George Benson - guitar Joe Dukes - drums | JazzCorner | Facebook

Remembering “Brother” Jack McDuff on his birthday. He had one of the funkiest, most soulful styles of all time on the Hammond B-3. His rock-solid basslines and blues-drenched solos were balanced by clever, almost pianistic melodies and interesting progressions and phrases. He taught himself organ and piano in the mid-’50s, and began gaining attention working with Willis Jackson in the late ’50s and early ’60s, cutting high caliber soul-jazz dates for Prestige. In 1961, McDuff organized his own b