Groove Grease

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]

Groove Grease
Studio album by
Jimmy McGriff
Released1971
Recorded1971
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz-funk
LabelGroove Merchant
GM 503
ProducerSonny Lester
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Jimmy McGriff with Junior Parker
(1971)		 Groove Grease
(1971)		 Let's Stay Together
(1972)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Groove Grease" – 3:33
  2. "The Bird" (Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Lester) – 3:14
  3. "Plain Brown Bag" – 3:36
  4. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:48
  5. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:30
  6. "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 3:44
  7. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:24
  8. "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:07
  9. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32

Personnel

References
  1. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed March 26, 2018
  2. Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed March 26, 2018
  3. Jazzlists: Album details, accessed March 26, 2018
  4. Theakston, Rob. Groove Grease – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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