jim McGriff: Groove Grease

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

saw this for 7.99 today: saw horace ott is on it too. it seems like its 3 funk tuens followed by a bunch of standards but the reviews didnt help and there were no sound clips on the tower records machine thing. how do u rate it organ lovers? is it really funky good

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I like "Groove grease" a LOT more than "Electric funk". The latter album is much too heavily regimented for my taste. "Groove grease" is exactly what it says.

MG

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ohr realy: well is that correct then that its 3 funk singles followed by a bunch of swining standards. i read one review that said itw as a trio date and everything else was overdubbed!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

ohr realy: well is that correct then that its 3 funk singles followed by a bunch of swining standards.

That's right.

i read one review that said itw as a trio date and everything else was overdubbed!

Dunno about that. Could be - with Sonny Lester you never know.

Just listened to the two LPs. Only fault with "Groove Grease" is the electric bass. Jimmy never needed a bass player when he was swinging in four, which is a lot of this LP.

It's a very good LP, but not up to his best.

MG

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

what is the best?>

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Best half dozen McGriffs, in my view, are

I've got a woman - Collectables - available

At the Apollo - Collectables - available

The main squeeze - Groove Merchant - deleted

The starting five - Milestone - available

Blue to the 'bone - Milestone - available

The dream team - - Milestone - available

(Order is date of recording, not preference)

But there are quite a few nearly as good as this lot.

MG