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Let's Stay Together

Label: Groove Merchant
Released: 1997
Track listing: "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.) – 2:45; "Tiki" (Jimmy McGriff) – 4:20; "Theme from Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) – 4:00; "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 4:33; "Old Grand Dad" (McGriff, Thornel Schwartz) – 5:04; "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 6:42; "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 5:03.

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Article: Album Review

Jimmy McGriff: Let's Stay Together

Read "Let's Stay Together" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1997

Between 1966 and 1978, producer Sonny Lester recorded around 30 of organist Jimmy McGriff's albums for the Solid State, Groove Merchant and LRC labels. During this productive period, McGriff recorded blues and ballads with small groups, swing jazz with all-star big bands, organ battles with Groove Holmes and funky disco outings with various electronic keyboards. Lester ...