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Straight Up: Jimmy McGriff
by Ed Kopp
Jimmy McGriff considers himself a blues organist, not a jazzbo. Regardless of the label, McGriff is one of the most soulful B3 organ players alive, a verity he proves yet again on this fine release. Straight Up features two of my favorite tenor saxmen, the great David “Fathead" Newman and the elegant Frank Wess. ...
Jimmy McGriff: Straight Up
by Douglas Payne
Despite all-star accompanists and sterling production, organist Jimmy McGriff's Milestone output (since 1983) has more of a lounge-combo sound than the wicked blues he cut for Sue in 1962-65 or the heady grooves of his Groove Merchant and LRC records of the 1970s. Still, Straight Up, the organ grinder's eleventh Milestone recording, occasionally moves ...
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.
Jimmy McGriff: Let's Stay Together
by Douglas Payne
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 ...
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