Electric Funk
Electric Funk | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy McGriff | ||||
Released | August 1970 | |||
Recorded | September 1969 | |||
Studio | New York City | |||
Genre | Soul jazz | |||
Length | 32:13 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST-84350 | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
Jimmy McGriff chronology | ||||
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Electric Funk is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff of performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars and said, "It's not jazz, it's jazzy soul, and it's among the funkiest of any soul-jazz records from the late '60s, filled with stuttering drum breaks, lite [sic] fuzz guitars, elastic bass, smoldering organ, and punchy, slightly incongruous horn charts."[3] On All About Jazz Douglas Payne stated "No sap, no frills. Just good true groove. ... in 1969, this was the next step for soul jazz; a genre Jimmy McGriff has always ruled. ... this man has always known how to rock a groove ... Ott's arrangements are riff-oriented and stay out of McGriff's way. They often launch McGriff into one clever line after another and, fortunately, never tempt him to out-modulate the horn section".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
- "Back on the Track" (Horace Ott) – 3:18
- "Chris Cross" (Ott) – 3:46
- "Miss Poopie" (Ott) – 3:18
- "The Bird Wave" – 4:01
- "Spear for Moondog Part 1" – 3:29
- "Spear for Moondog Part 2" – 3:04
- "Tight Times" (Ott) – 3:58
- "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 3:34
- "Funky Junk" (Ott) – 3:45
Personnel
- Jimmy McGriff – electronic organ
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Horace Ott – electric piano, arranger
- Unknown – guitar
- Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Bernard Purdie – drums
External links
- Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk auf YouTube
References
- ^ Blue Note Records discography. Retrieved December 13, 2010
- ^ Payne, D., Jimmy McGriff discography accessed March 16, 2018
- ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review. Retrieved December 13, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 971. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Payne, D. All About Jazz Review, accessed March 16, 2018
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