The Mystic Order of the Jazz Obsessed is about to bring up some Stuff you might have forgotten about.

Yes, that’s Stuff with a capital “S.” Over the last half-century of American popular music, there have been a handful of cases where accomplished studio musicians took to the stage, carving out a name for themselves as respected live performance acts. One of them was Stuff, formed in the middle of the ‘70s by bassist Gordon Edwards, guitarists Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale, keyboardist Richard Tee and drummer Chris Parker, with the later addition of Steve Gadd on drums.

Decades later, Stuff doesn’t have quite the same renown as, say, Booker T. & The M.G.’s. But the group had a great run from 1976 through 1980, releasing steady stream of albums and seeing some of them go gold.

MOJO’s long-running Jazz Jambalaya series has always had a broad palette, ranging from blues and bebop to R&B and contemporary jazz, so it’s not exactly a stretch for Stuff to be chosen as the focus for the Jambalaya coming up on Monday, Aug. 28. But it’s probably still safe to say that the session will go down as one of the funkiest Jambalayas on record.

Starting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Club 601 @ The Elks, 601 State St. in downtown Mobile, a select band of coastal players will go through some Stuff for Jambalaya patrons. The ensemble includes drummers Fred Domulot and Jimmy Roebuck, bassist Joe Murphy, keyboardist John Link and guitarists William Howell and Clint Hall.

Though he’s not in the band, one local player who’s likely to be among the listeners is guitarist Rick Hirsch, one of the founding members of Wet Willie. Hirsch said he has particular reason to appreciate the music.

“Wet Willie actually did some touring with Stuff,” Hirsch said. “Wet Willie toured with just about any working group that had product out in the ‘70s, you name it, from REO Speedwagon to Stuff to Wishbone Ash. But Stuff was one of my favorite groups because I was already into them and knew all about them. They actually opened for us, that was quite a remarkable thing in itself.”

Hirsch said he knew the players and held them in high regard because of all the work they’d done on Atlantic Records sessions for producer Arif Mardin. He had a more personal appreciation for one of Stuff’s guitarists.

“Cornell Dupree was one of my guitar heroes, I just love the way he played,” said Hirsch. “All that stuff that I play in ‘Red Hot Chicken’ came straight out of Cornell Dupree, basically.”

“It was really a pleasure to get to see them play at that close vantage point and to shoot the breeze with Cornell,” Hirsch said.

“There’s some beautiful stuff those guys did,” he said.

Hirsch isn’t alone in his appreciation, said MOJO leader Kevin Lee. “I’ve noticed among musicians that when I say something about Stuff, their ears perk up.”

“They’re in a weird spot where they’re not really jazz, they’re not really blues, they’re not really funk and they’re not really soul, they’re just kind of their own thing,” Lee said. “I’m really looking forward to it, I think the audience is just going to eat it up.”

Tickets for the Jazz Jambalaya session are $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers, and are available through mojojazz.org. Food is not included in the admission price, but beverages and a limited menu are available from the venue. For updates on the performers and other MOJO activities, visit www.facebook.com.