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James Brown's 'Soul on Top' Reissued

Published October 5, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Tom Terrell has a review of Soul on Top, a re-release of a James Brown recording from 1970. On it, Brown sings jazz tunes such as "September Song" and "What kind of Fool am I?"

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