Cold Sweat Plays J. B.

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn called it "As fine an example of applying improvisational élan to R&B/soul idiom as you can find in the 80s".[2]

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AllMusic	[2]

All compositions by James Brown except as indicated

1. "Brown's Prance" (Craig Harris) – 0:52
2. "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (Charles Bobbit) – 6:52
3. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 6:51
4. "I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17
5. "Brown's Dance" (Harris) – 3:45
6. "Showtime Medley:" – (6:26)
   1. "Funky Good Time – 1:45
   2. "I Got the Feelin'" – 0:17
   3. "I Can't Stand It" – 0:56
   4. "Licking Stick" (Brown, Bobby Byrd, Alfred Ellis) – 0:40
   5. "There Was a Time" (Brown, Buddy Hopgood) – 6:26
7. "Please, Please, Please" (Brown, Johnny Terry) – 4:38
8. "Try Me" – 3:41
9. "Cold Sweat" (Brown, Ellis) – 7:25

• Craig Harris – trombone, vocals, music director
• Eddie Allen – trumpet
• Kenny Rogers – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Booker T. Williams – tenor saxophone
• Brandon Ross, Fred Wells – electric guitar
• Clyde Criner – keyboards
• Alonzo Gardner – electric bass
• Damon Mendez – drums
• Kweyao Agyapon – percussion

Guests:

• Olu Dara – trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
• David Murray – tenor saxophone (tracks 5 & 9)
• Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman – percussion (track 6)
• Sekou Sundiata – vocals (tracks 2 & 6)