Groove Grease
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Studio | New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk | |||
| Label | Groove Merchant GM 503 | |||
| Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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Groove Grease is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
Allmusic's Rob Theakston said: "This 1971 session finds McGriff continuing to do like so many other jazz musicians of the time: embrace and adapt to the emergence of funk and soul into mainstream music, and recontextualize it in a jazz arena. The results are an unsurprisingly delicious slice of jazz-funk made from the finest ingredients. ... While McGriff's adventurous side is slightly tamed, it's that willingness to improv and blend together as a cohesive unit that makes Groove Grease such a tasty statement that is consistently fresh with repeated listenings".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
- "Groove Grease" – 3:33
- "The Bird" (Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Lester) – 3:14
- "Plain Brown Bag" – 3:36
- "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:48
- "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:30
- "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 3:44
- "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:24
- "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:07
- "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32
Personnel
- Jimmy McGriff – organ
- Murray Watson – trumpet
- Cliff Davis – tenor saxophone, flute
- Johnny Beard – baritone saxophone, flute
- Horace Ott – electric piano
- Everett Barksdale, Wayne Bennett – guitar
- Richard Davis, Richard Evans – bass
- Marion J. Booker – drums
- Lawrence Killian – percussion
External links
References
- ^ Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography Archived September 7, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 26, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series Archived September 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 26, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Album details Archived June 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 26, 2018
- ^ a b Theakston, Rob. Groove Grease – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2018.