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Jimmy McGriff

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 1998

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Straight Up: Jimmy McGriff

Read "Jimmy McGriff" reviewed 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. ...

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Jimmy McGriff: Straight Up

Read "Straight Up" reviewed 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 ...

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Straight Up

Label: Timeless
Released: 1967


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