Guitarist Doug Munro has a chicken-scratch sound and penchant for brief melodic statements that can be infuriating for those jazz passengers waiting for aural liftoff. John Scofield-isms aside, Munro's Up Against It does contain some inventive arrangements based around the Hammond B-3 organ of Jerry Z. Despite a humdrum version of Miles Davis and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee," most of Up Against It is easily recommended. Notably, Munro's version of "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise" utilizes a creepy, Munsters-sounding background organ riff, while the title track is straight-up '60s soul-jazz.
Doug Munro
Up Against It
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AllMusic Review by Matt Collar
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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4:41 | Spotify | ||||
| 2 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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3:56 | Spotify | ||||
| 3 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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5:10 | Spotify | ||||
| 4 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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8:35 | Spotify | ||||
| 5 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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5:00 | Spotify | ||||
| 6 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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6:49 | Spotify | ||||
| 7 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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4:49 | Spotify | ||||
| 8 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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6:35 | Spotify | ||||
| 9 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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6:35 | Spotify | ||||
| 10 |
feat: Doug Munro & II-V-I
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4:41 | Spotify |
