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Earl Neal Creque
Neal (*1940) was an American organist and jazz composer, and originally from the Virgin Islands; he was based in the Cleveland area, was a professor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and played frequently around northern Ohio. He also composed music with Mongo Santamaría including the Grammy-nominated song "Sofrito" which was sampled by Jennifer Lopez on the album J.Lo.. Neal also worked together with Grant Green, Eric Kloss, Johnny Lytle, Harold Ousley, Bernard Purdie, and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. He was a sought after session musician. Neal died in the year 2000.
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Discography [7]
Green Is Beautiful
Blue Note BST 84342
recorded January 1970 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA
Grant Green, guitar
Blue Mitchell, trumpet
Claude Bartee, tenor sax
Emanuel Riggins, organ
Earl Neal Creque, organ
Idris Muhammad, drums
Jimmy Lewis, bass
Candido Camero, conga
Richard Lendrum, bongo
Alive
Blue Note CDP 077778979326
recorded August 1970 in Washington, DC/USA
Grant Green, guitar
Claude Bartee, tenor sax
William Bivens, vibes
Ronnie Foster, organ
Earl Neal Creque, organ
Idris Muhammad, drums
Joseph Armstrong, conga
Creque
Cobblestone CST 9005
released 1972
Neal Creque, piano, organ, clavinet
Billy Butler, guitar
Kermit Moore, cello
Alfred Brown, viola
Julien Barber, viola
Selwart Clarke, viola
Gene Taylor, bass
Richard Landrum, congas, bongos, African oboe, percussion
Jackie Soul, percussion
Johnny Gittens, percussion
Steve Berrios, timpani
The Ikinen Singers
The Kid!
Cobblestone CST 9017
released 1972
recorded March 1972
Harold Ousley, tenor sax
Neal Creque, piano, organ
Bob Rose, guitar
Jay Leonhart, bass
Jim Young, drums
Danny Barrajanos, percussion
Blues And The Soulful Truth
Flying Dutchman FD 10155
released 1972
recorded November 1972 in New York, NY/USA
Leon Thomas, percussion, vocals
Pee Wee Ellis, conductor, soprano sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, marimba, organ, piano
Cecil Payne, baritone sax
Dick Griffin, trombone
John Eckert, trumpet
Larry Coryell, guitar
Cornell Dupree, guitar
Neal Creque, organ, piano
John Blair, violin
Stanley Clarke, bass
Gordon Edwards, bass
Don Pate, bass
Albertine Robinson, bass, vocals
Jesse Kilpatrick, drums
Airto Moreira, drums
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums
Baba Feme, percussion
Gene Golden, congas
Lani Groves, vocals
Carl Hall, vocals
Hilda Harris, vocals
Tasha Thomas, vocals
Alive!
Blue Note CDP 0777 7 89793 2 19
released 1993
recorded live 15 August 1970 at Cliché Lounge, Newark, NJ/USA
Grant Green, guitar
Claude Bartee, tenor sax
Earl Neal Creque, organ
Ronnie Foster, organ
William Bivens, vibes
Idris Muhammad, drums
Joseph Armstrong, congas
The Best Of Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
Prestige PRCD-24175-2
compilation, recorded 1967 to 1970
Henry "Pucho" Brown, piano, drums, percussion
Eddie Pazant, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute
Claude Bartee, tenor sax
Seldon Powell, tenor sax, flute
Barry Rogers, trombone
Vincent McEwan, trumpet
Al Pazant, trumpet
Billy Butler, guitar
Joe Armstrong, piano, percussion
William Bivens, piano, percussion
Neal Creque, clavinet, organ, piano
Cecil Jackson, piano, percussion
William Bivens jr., vibes, percussion
string section
William Allen, bass
Jimmy Phillips, bass
Seaborn Westbrook, bass
Bernard Purdie, drums
Norberto Apellaniz, bongos
Richard Landrum, percussion
Jackie Soul, vocals

 
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