HOT BARBEQUE

McDuff had an excellent quartet for this mid-1960s soul-jazz outing, also including Red Holloway on saxes, George Benson on guitar, and Joe Dukes on drums. Nothing remarkable, just very enjoyable, high-spirited genre music, particularly on the title track, punctuated by shouts of the title phrase. It's mostly McDuff originals here, though they slow things down to cover Cry Me a River. Benson gets a chance to unveil his best early jazz chops on The Three Day Thang.??Tracklist?A1 Hot Barbeque 2:49 ?A2 The Party's Over 6:46 ?A3 Briar Patch 2:51 ?A4 Hippy Dip 6:24 ?B1 601' North Poplar 4:12 ?B2 Cry Me A River 3:12 ?B3 The Three Day Thang 3:37