Mel Brown: Chicken Fat (LP)

Guitarist Mel Brown's 1967 Impulse! debut may be the funkiest and most unique album ever released on the label. Brown's clean blues picking, acquired in the bands of John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker, blends funkily with the swinging soul-jazz organ of Gerald Wiggins. Of particular note are the title track, "Greasy Spoon," and the smoldering lament of "I'm Goin' to Jackson." Audio transferred from the analog tapes.