Jimmy McGriff - Groove Grease '1971/2003

Tracks list

 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.
The superb playing of Richard Davis on electric bass is unquestionably the
anchor throughout the albums nine slices, leaving McGriff and company to follow
suit with loose (but not too far out) improvisation thats as equally relaxing as
it is invigorating. While McGriffs adventurous side is slightly tamed, its 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. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

1. Groove Grease (03:35)
2. The Bird (03:13)
3. Plain Brown Bag (03:37)
4. There Will Never Be Another You (04:47)
5. Canadian Sunset (03:30)
6. Mr. Lucky (03:39)
7. Moonglow (03:23)
8. Red Sails In The Sunset (03:02)
9. Secret Love (04:32)

 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

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