Prayer Meetin'

Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, revolutionized the use of the instrument in a combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and arguably his best albums for during this period were the ones he did with tenor sax player . Recorded on February 8, 1963, at in New Jersey, and featuring on guitar and on drums in addition to and , is a delight from start to finish. Forming a perfect closure to 's trio of albums with ( were both released in 1960), was the last of four albums recorded in a week to finish off his contract before leaving for . The roots are obvious here, and the -penned title track might even be called - , but the single most striking cut is a version of 's with both building wonderful solos, suggesting new pathways for organ and sax as complementary instruments. ~ Steve Leggett