The Interpreters - 'The Knack' [Argo/Cadet Rarity]

The Interpreters - 'The Knack" - Cadet LP 762 - Original Argo/Cadet Pressing, Mono, Blue Label

George Patterson Jr - Alto & Soprano Sax

Cleo Griffin Jr. - Trumpet

Charles Kinnard Jr. - Tenor Sax

Tom Washington Jr. - Piano

Arlington Davis Jr. - Drums

John Whitfield Jr. - Bass

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"The Mack Voices" on A1, A3, B1, B3

James L Mack - Bass

Joseph Brewer - Tenor

Charles Van Tasell - Baritone

Anne Reisig - Soprano

Nancy Hawk - Alto

Recorded - September 1965, Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago

Album Production & Supervision - Esmond Edwards

Engineer - Ron Malo

Cover Photo & Design - Don Bronstein

Released - 1966?

Here's a true Argo/Cadet rarity and a lost piece of Chicago Soul Jazz - The Interpreters' The Knack! This is perhaps one of the most obscure and hardest to obtain entries in the Chess Jazz catalog - and was finally gratified to add the original Mono vinyl to my Argo/Cadet collection last week.  This was the only side of The Interpreters, but there's some killer arrangements and playing here with nice use of a vocal group which makes this side an intriguing listen - not really typical Soul Jazz!

Leader George 'Dimp Paco' Patterson went on to become a noted jazz educator,an arranger, session musician and musical director for some major Soul/Funk groups including the Isley Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Earth, Wind and Fire  and finally a successful commercial musician in jingles and advertisements  who even penned the theme song for Oprah Winfrey's TV Show (!)  before passing away in 2003.