Reuben Wilson

Hammond B3 organ · 1935–2023 · Mounds (Oklahoma)

Soul jazz organist born in Mounds, Oklahoma, in 1935, who moved to Pasadena as a child, then to New York, where he recorded for Blue Note from 1968. Heavily sampled and influential among acid jazz musicians, he is best known for the album Got to Get Your Own; he died in Harlem in 2023.

Styles

• Soul jazz, boogaloo
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• On Broadway (1968)
• Ronnie's Bonnie (1968)
• Ain't That Peculiar (1968)
• Bambu (1969)
• Knock on Wood (1969)
• In the Booth, in the Back, in the Corner, in the Dark (1975)
• Stoned Out of My Mind (1975)
• Together (You and Me) (1975)

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