Groove Grease

by Jimmy McGriff

Overview

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 album's nine slices, leaving McGriff and company to follow suit with loose (but not too far out) improvisation that's as equally relaxing as it is invigorating. 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. ~ Rob Theakston

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2007
Label:	Groove Merchant
UPC:	0057362050327
Rank:	103492

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jimmy McGriff   Primary Artist,Organ
Jimmy McGriff & Hank Crawford Quartet   Primary Artist
Everett Barksdale   Guitar
Johnny Board   Flute,Sax (Baritone)
Horace Ott   Piano (Electric)
Lawrence Killian   Congas,Tambourine,Latin Percussion
Richard Evans   Bass
Wayne Bennett   Guitar
Richard Davis   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Marion Booker   Drums
Murray Watson   Trumpet
Everett Bardsdale   Guitar
Clifford Davis   Flute,Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Sonny Lester   Producer,Liner Notes,Composer
Jimmy McGriff   Composer
Eddie DeLange   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Hugh Williams   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Will Hudson   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Malcolm Addey   Engineer
Harry Warren   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Chuck Stewart   Photography
Eddie Haywood   Composer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer