Reuben Wilson - Got To Get Your Own (1974) Richard Tee Bernard Purdie Pee Wee Ellis rare soul funk

This ultra-funky soul-funk-jazz masterpiece by Reuben WIlson featured a stellar backing lineup including James Brown collaborator Pee Wee Ellis on sax (who co-wrote and arranged "Cold Sweat" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud"), Seldon Powell on flute, Richard Tee on keyboards, Garnett Brown on trombone, and the legendary Bernard Purdie on drums. Reuben Wilson is an organist and songwriter whose late 60s/early 70s Blue Note albums were soul jazz classics.

In 1974 Chess released “Got To Get Your Own” as a single. It became Wilson's biggest-ever record, and was featured as the title track to his final LP release of the 70s. Issued on Chess’ sub-label Cadet in 1975, he and his band were billed as Reuben Wilson and The High Cost Of Living. The entire record is a eargasmic jazz-funk experience, and should have been huge. But Chess was in poor financial shape at the time and went out of business later that same year in 1975, consigning this album to the cut-out bins until the late 80s, when it was re-discovered by DJ’s and beat junkies. The acid jazz movement also brought renewed attention to Wilson’s earlier soul-jazz records.

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Happy 88th Birthday to Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935).

UPDATE - R.I.P. Reuben Wilson (April 9, 1935 – May 26, 2023).

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