Stop and Listen

by Baby Face Willette

Stop and Listen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1962
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:47
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anchored heavily by the Hammond B-3 organ, 'Stop and Listen' is a quintessential Blue Note soul jazz outing. Roosevelt 'Baby Face' Willette teams with guitarist Grant Green to deliver a set deeply rooted in gospel and blues inflections, eschewing overly complex theory for deep, rhythmic grooves. It serves as one of the few albums released under Willette's own name before he faded into obscurity.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, soulful, funky, groove-laden, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Willow Weep For Me (8:14)
  2. Chances Are Few (7:41)
  3. Jumpin' Jupiter (5:11)
  4. Stop And Listen (4:38)
  5. At Last (7:19)
  6. Soul Walk (5:23)
  7. Worksong (4:53)
  8. They Can't Take That Away From Me (6:24)

Credits

  • Baby Face Willette - primary artist, organ, written-by
  • Ben Dixon - drums
  • Grant Green - guitar
  • Ann Ronell - written-by
  • Harry Warren - written-by
  • Mack Gordon - written-by
  • Nat Adderley - written-by
  • 'Baby Face' Willette - Primary Artist, Written-By

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