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Organ master Jimmy McGriff may have studied formally at Juilliard and at Philadelphia's Combe College of Music, but there's nothing fancy about his music. It's basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. McGriff's brand of jazz is about feeling. "That's the most important thing," he says. Blues has been the backbone of most of the major jazz organists, including Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff, but throughout his 42-year recording career, McGriff has stuck closer to the blues than any of them. "People are always classifying me as a jazz organist, but I'm more of a blues organ player," he insists

Article: Album Review

Jerry Z: Break Allegro

Read "Break Allegro" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 28, 2026

Jerry Z, a worthy successor to such organ maestros as Joey DeFrancesco, Mel Rhyne, Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Jimmy McGriff and others too numerous to single out, shows on Break Allegro, only the second recording as leader of his own group, that he clearly deserves to be mentioned in such esteemed company. In musical ...

Article: Reanimating Conversations Past

John Scofield: Meant To Be

by John Ephland
October 5, 2026

When John Scofield and I met, in his Vancouver hotel room in June, 1990 on the occasion of the fifth annual du Maurier Ltd., International Jazz Festival, the conversation started with talk of his then-current band and his Blue Note debut, Time On My Hands (Blue Note Records, 1990). By this point, Sco, who ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Classic jazz from Hazel Scott, Johnny Griffin, and others; recently released from Christopher McBride, Simon Mogul, and more

by David W. Daniels
April 7, 2026

Music as described in the title, and additional classics from Cannonball Adderley, Carmen McRae, and others. Recently released music courtesy of Ulysses Owens Jr., Jeremy Pelt, Brian Jackson, and more. Birthday acknowledgements for Booker Little, Dave Stryker, Larry Coryell, and others.Playlist David Leonhardt Trio “Late Night Blues" from Explorations (Big Bang) 00:00 Phineas Newborn ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Classic Jazz From Vinyl, including Herbie Hancock and Dinah Washington, and new music from Betty Bryant and Soulive

by David W. Daniels
February 10, 2026

Classic jazz--vinyl from Herbie Hancock, Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine, and all-digital from Bobby Hutcherson and Gene Ammons. New music from Rules and Gregory Porter, Betty Bryant, Joe Magnarelli, Soulive, and others. Recognizing birthdays this week for Stan Getz, Joe Sample, Eubie Blake, Vinnie Colaiuta, and others. Playlist Horace Silver “The Outlaw" from Further ...

Article: Album Review

Mitch Towne: Refuge

by Kyle Simpler
June 19, 2025

After organ trios came to prominence during the 1950s, jazz groove has never been the same. Performers like Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, and most notably Jimmy Smith introduced a new level of soul to jazz music. With Refuge, organist Mitch Towne makes a compelling debut as a leader, adding his name to a who's who of ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Funky Mama Show

by David Brown
May 16, 2025

This week's edition of The Jazz Continuum celebrates Mother's Day with an energetic mix of soul-jazz, jazz-funk, R&B, and groove-oriented selections. The program opens with classic organ-driven tracks from saxophonist Lou Donaldson, funk pioneers The Meters, and organist Jimmy McGriff, laying the foundation for the show's rhythmic theme. As the sound evolves into 1970s jazz-funk, selections ...

Article: Album Review

Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet: Live Upon Nassim Hill

Read "Live Upon Nassim Hill" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 28, 2024

Singaporean Jeremy Monteiro is primarily known as a pianist, having played with James Moody, Jimmy Cobb, Carmen Bradford, Charlie Haden and Ernie Watts, no less. But he is also a fine organist, an instrument he taught many moons ago. Monteiro returned to those roots with the trio Organamix, whose energy was captured on the live Kuala ...

Article: Interview

Lorne Lofsky: Steward of the Canadian Guitar Tradition

by John Chacona
April 17, 2024

Guitarist Lorne Lofsky rocketed to fame when It Could Happen To You (Pablo Records, 1981), his debut release as a leader, was produced by fellow Canadian Oscar Peterson. Lofsky has since toured and recorded with a wide range of musicians from all around the world, including Peterson, but his hometown of Toronto has been his base ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Blue Note Series of Rare Summer Grooves

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2024

This article was first published at All About Jazz in September 2002 under the old Combing the Blue Note Catalog column. The Rascals knew all about it. They expressed it perfectly in one of their biggest hit singles: Ain't nothing like groovin' on a Sunday afternoon. Not much serves the purpose of that groove ...