Set Us Free is the fifth album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography accessed December 1, 2010
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "it's a wildly textured and seamless aural meld of gritty B-3 jams, smooth yet psychedelic soul, rock, pop, and funk... somehow, this ambitious, lushly orchestrated album not only sounds current, but still ahead of its time. Highly recommended".Jurek, T. [ Allmusic Review] accessed December 1, 2010 The song "We're in Love" has been sampled multiple times, most famously by DJ Premier on Nas' 1994 debut album Illmatic in the song "Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)". It was also sampled in the song "I Ain't the Damn One" by rapper Scientifik.
Track listing All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted "Set Us Free" (Eddie Harris) – 5:10 "We're in Love" – 3:30 "Sho-Nuff Mellow" – 4:34 "Mr. Big Stuff" (Joseph Broussard, Carol Washington, Ralph Williams) – 4:36 "Right on with This Mess" (W. Marcus Bey) – 4:32 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Marvin Gaye) – 3:41 "Tom's Thumb" – 5:33 Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 23, 1971.
Personnel Reuben Wilson – organ Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Eugene Bianco – harp David Spinozza – guitar, electric sitar Richard Davis – bass Jimmy Johnson – drums Ray Armando – conga Gordon "Specs" Powell – percussion Wade Marcus – arranger Mildred Brown, Rosalyn Brown, Naomi Thomas – vocals (tracks 2, 4 & 6) Jimmy Briggs – vocal arranger (tracks 2, 4 & 6)
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