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Freddie Roach
org, 1934-1980 US, The Bronx
Musician of Jazz
Freddie Roach (May 11, 1934 - October 3, 1980) was a soul jazz Hammond B3 organist born in the Bronx, New York. He was one of a handful of legendary jazz organists that made history in the 1960s, the golden era of the Hammond organ. Roach made his record debut in 1960 with saxophonist Ike Quebec on the albums Heavy Soul and It Might as Well Be Spring and played with Willis Jackson. From 1962-64 he recorded 5 albums as a leader for the Blue Note Records label and also recorded with Donald Byrd on the album I'm Tryin' to Get Home. His Blue Note album Mo' Greens Please is perhaps one of the greatest 10 jazz organ sides ever recorded[citation needed]. Roach's original writing, steady basslines, and highly musical fleet-fingered right hand set him apart. From 1966-67 he recorded three more albu
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Brown Sugar on Brown Sugar by Freddie Roach On Our Way Up on Good Move by Freddie Roach Althea Soon on Down To Earth by Freddie Roach Have You Ever Had The Blues on Brown Sugar by Freddie Roach Googa Mooga on Mo' Greens Please by Freddie Roach De Bug on Down To Earth by Freddie Roach Next Time You See Me - Single Version on Brown Sugar by Freddie Roach T'Ain't What You Do (It's The Way You Do It) on Good Move by Freddie Roach When Malindy Sings on Good Move by Freddie Roach All Night Long on Brown Sugar by Freddie RoachTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mo' Greens Please | Freddie Roach | 2015 | Album |
| The Soul Book & Mocha Motion | Freddie Roach | 1999 | Compil. |
| My People (Soul People) | Freddie Roach | 1998 | Album |
| The Freddie Roach Soul Book | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Album |
| Mocha Motion! | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Album |
| My People (Soul People) | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Single |
| My People (Soul People) | Freddie Roach | 1967 | Album |
| You've Got Your Troubles | Freddie Roach | 1966 | Single |
| Tenderly | Freddie Roach | 1966 | Single |
| All That's Good | Freddie Roach | 1965 | Album |
| Brown Sugar | Freddie Roach | 1964 | Album |
| Brown Sugar / Next Time You See Me | Freddie Roach | 1964 | Single |
| Party Time / Nada Bossa | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Single |
| I Know / Googa Mooga | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Single |
| Mo' Greens Please | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Album |
| Good Move | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Album |
| Mo' Greens Please | Freddie Roach | 1963 | Single |
| Down To Earth | Freddie Roach | 1962 | Album |
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