Recorded in 1968 but left unissued until over 25 years later, this is a pretty solid straight-ahead session of organ soul-jazz. Considerably better than the more commercial
Understanding, the recording Blue Note chose to issue at the time; that album was full of contemporary soul covers, but five of the six tunes here are
Patton originals. Excellent support, particularly from
Harold Alexander on tenor sax and
George Edward Brown on drums. ~ Richie Unterberger