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James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who developed a distinctive style of playing the Hammond B-3 organ.
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, McGriff started playing piano at the age of five and by his teens had also learned to play vibes, alto sax, drums and upright bass. His first group was as bassist in a piano trio. When he joined the United States Army, McGriff served as an MP during the Korean War and he later became a police officer in Philadelphia for two years.
Music kept drawing McGriff's attention away from the police force. His childhood friend, organist Jimmy Smith, had begun earning a substantial reputation in jazz for his Blue Note records (the two played together once in 1967) and McGriff became entranced by the organ sound while Richard "Groove" Holmes played at his sister's wedding. Holmes went on to become McGriff's teacher and friend and they recorded together on two occasions in 1973 for two Groove Merchant records.
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Sam Phillips (born Leslie Ann Phillips January 28, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, composer and actress. She began her career in the contemporary Christian music industry but, uncomfortable with that image and industry, she re-branded herself as "Sam"—transitioning into the mainstream market after meeting producer T-Bone Burnett. She has released eight albums including the critically acclaimed Martinis and Bikinis in 1994. She has also composed scores for the television shows Gilmore Girls and Bunheads.
Phillips was born in Glendale, California.
She began her musical career in the early 1980s, singing background vocals for Christian artists Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill. Phillips was signed to a solo contract with Myrrh Records – under her given name – and recorded four Christian pop albums, Beyond Saturday Night, Dancing with Danger, Black and White in a Grey World and, finally, The Turning, which teamed her with producer and future husband, T-Bone Burnett. Several became Top 10 singles on Christian radio and Myrrh records promoted her as "the Christian Cyndi Lauper". Phillips was never comfortable with this image, and it was a bone of contention between her and her label. She began using the name "Sam" professionally in 1988 when she left Myrrh Records and signed with Virgin Records in order to distance herself from her prior persona.
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Electric Funk is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label. Track listing "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 Recorded in New York City in September 1969. Personnel Jimmy McGriff - organ Blue Mitchell - trumpet Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone Horace Ott - electric piano, arranger Unknown - guitar Chuck Rainey - electric bass Bernard Purdie - drums
Tracklist: 1. A Thing to Come By 2. Charlotte 3. Down Home on the Moon 4. Oh Happy Day 5. Don't Let Me Lose This Dream 6. Up There, Down Here 7. A Thing to Come By (Part II) Recording Date: Jun 17, 1969-Jun 18, 1969 Release Date: Apr 1970 Jimmy McGriff - Organ, Piano Larry Frazier - Guitar Richard "Blue" Mitchell - Trumpet Jesse Kilpatrick - Drums Arthur "Fats" Theus - Tenor Saxophones Danny Turner - Sax (Alto) unknown - Bass, Electric Bass
Jimmy McGriff - Hammond organ, Hank Crawford - alto sax, Bob DeVos - guitar, Jimmie Smith - drums. San Diego, CA 1989
Groove Merchant Records A1 Blue Groove Part I A2 Blues For A Broken Down Funky Buss A3 Mocha B1 Harp-er B2 Lonesome Road B3 Mack The Knife C1 Bahama C2 Amen C3 Hey, Mrs. Jones D1 Blue Groove Part II D2 Penthouse Serenade D3 Pennies From Heaven
Jimmy McGriff died on Saturday May 24, 2008 of multiple sclerosis,he was 72. James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 -- May 24, 2008) was a hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who developed a distinctive style of playing the Hammond B-3 organ While kids my age were listening to the beach boys and beatles I was listening to the two Jimmys - Smith and McGriff
This video was taken during a 2001 Summer Concert at Wiggins Park, Camden, NJ. Jimmy McGriff play a classic B3 with a Leslie 771 and 122XB, "Jumpin" Jerry Weldon playing Sax, Wayne Boyd on Guitar and Don Williams on Drums.
A Bag Full of Soul is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Solid State label. Probably recorded at the same time of McGriff's Count Basie Tribute, THE BIG BAND (1966), this mostly trio session finds the great organist pretty much in his blues bag (title notwithstanding). This is how McGriff sounded on his best Sue recordings (1962-65), bluesy and swinging. Of course, McGriff is always at home with the blues and here, the "McG riffs" are scorching. There appears to be a higher than average number of McGriff originals on this out-of-print LP. But a close listen and you'll hear McGriff's "Hallelujah" is really Ray Charles's "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" and McGriff's "Boston Bust Out" is Jimmy Smith's "Delon Blu...
"Ridin' On It" & "Honky Tonk", complete versions. Herman Riley (sax), Carl Lockett (guitar), James Levy (drums). Montreux Jazz Festival. July 16, 1992
France - late 1960's: Jimmy McGriff - org; Leo Johnson - tenor sax; Larry Frazier - guitar; Jesse Kilpatrick - drums.
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Hammond Organ Center, now Drawbarcity, has been very fortunate to be a place where many of the great Hammond Organists of Philadelphia were able to come an visit. We also hosted many special projects such as interviews and even a couple of live radio broadcasts. On April 18th, 2002 we hosted the taping of an interview with Jimmy McGriff and Joey DeFrancesco, for the BBC. This was a rather rare treat. Even though McGiff and Joey saw each other a lot they never did an album together and only did a hand full of concerts together. Other then this interview we don't think they were ever interviewed together. Both organists share some interesting information. Also, the respect that Joey DeFrancesco shows Jimmy McGriff, you truly get the feeling that they were good friends, which they were. SP...
from Giants of The Organ In Concert
Jimmy McGriff - Hammond organ, Hank Crawford - alto sax, Bob DeVos - guitar, Jimmie Smith - drums. San Diego,CA 1989
Veep Records 1965 Track List: A1 Where It's At A2 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad. arr.) 04:50 A3 Up Tight (Cosby, Moy & Judkins) 08:31 A4 Frugal Bugle 14:03 B1 Upper Ground 20:26 B2 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael & Gorrell) 25:30 B3 Goin' Out Of My Head (Weinstein & Randazzo) 31:07 B4 Robbins Nest (Jacquet & Thompson) 34:59 Jimmy McGriff (og) with unknown musicians
Organ And Blues Band Plays The Worm Tracklist: 01. The Worm 00:00 02. Keep Loose 03:21 03. Heavyweight 09:16 04. Think 16:06 05. Lock It Up 19:23 06. BARONE FABRIZIO COLLECTOR RECORDS OLDIES Look at my page Collector's Records Popcorn Oldies on FACEBOOK. ANOTHER GREAT JAZZ DOUBLE SIDER. Jazz, Mod Jazz, Hammond, Soul Jazz.
Jimmy Mc Griff - Blue to the bone 1988 JIMMY McGRIFF : organ AL GREY : trombone BILL EASLEY : alto/tenor sax MELVIN SPARKS : guitar BERNARD PURDIE : drums 1.AIN'T THAT FUNK FOR YOU [00:00] 2.FOR ALL WE KNOW [06:23] 3.DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE [11:32] 4.SECRET LOVE [21:46] 5.HANGIN' IN [30:45] 6.AFTER THE DARK [38:26]
PLAYLIST : 01- BOB JAMES -one mint julep- (1976) 02- MIKE MANDEL -pyramids- (1978) 03- JIMMY McGRIFF -pogo's stick- (1976) 04- JOE THOMAS -polarizer- (1976) 05- DR. LONNIE SMITH -sizzle stick- (1976) 06- BOB JAMES -westchester lady- (1976) 07- JIMMY McGRIFF -the mean machine- (1976) 08- IDRIS MUHAMMAD -say what- (1977) 09- IDRIS MUHAMMAD -crab apple- (1977) 10- EDDIE RUSS -poko nose- (1976) 11- MICHAEL HENDERSON -solid- (1976) 12- HUMMINGBIRD -snake snack- (1976) 13- RYO KAWASAKI -east side boogie- (1976) 14- HANK CRAWFORD -canadian Sunset- (1976) 15- HANK CRAWFORD -i'll move you no mountain- (1975) ENJOY!!!
Exclusive Interview clip of Jimmy McGriff by Brian Parker. Complete version soon available on our online jazz radio www.jazz-radio.fm
A rap basement exclusive from 2007. 50 Cent touches on everything from Young Buck to Game, Jimmy Henchman to Kenneth Supreme Mcgriff. RARE. 50 CENT. G-UNIT. Cam'ron. Mobb Deep. The Game. Jimmy Henchman. Kenneth Supreme Mcgriff. Dipset. 2007.
Irv Gotti speaks on Supreme Mcgriff, the murder Inc trial, Doug Morris turning his back on him when the feds raided the Murder Inc office's, Jimmy Iovine, 50 cent, Ja rule, DMX, Ashanti, the early days of Murder Inc and more. March 2007. Irv and his brother Chris Lorenzo "Gotti" were acquitted of all counts in their money laundering trial. The brothers were found not guilty of conducting a financial transaction involving the proceeds of specified unlawful activity and conspiracy of committing money laundering with funds allegedly supplied by convicted drug lord and sworn enemy of 50 cent, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.
This is a short excerpt of a rare 50 cent interview. "He was supposed to have killed your mum!". "Till death do us part!" Rest coming soon. When 50's talking about Preme saying he wanted to end it, it was said in this interview with Irv Gotti https://youtu.be/Erf9k8TCLyU
SUBSCRIBE for MORE: http://www.youtube.com/user/alprofit?sub_confirmation=1 Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff is one of the most infamous black drug dealers in American history, thanks in part, to his feud with pop-culture mega star Curtis 50-Cent Jackson. But Supreme’s story starts long before hip-hop and the neatly packaged imagery of black “street life” invaded pop-culture and made guys like 50-Cent multi-millionaires many times over, in fact Supreme was part of the the backdrop in the early 1980’s that helped grow and commercialize the local New York culture of djays, breakdancers, graffiti, and, most of all, rappers, into the billion dollar industry it became. Kenneth McGriff got his street name “Supreme” from his involvement with the 5 Percenter “movement”. The 5 percenters broke off from ...
Kenneth Mcgriff and Chris Gotti private phone conversation transcripts from jail. Preme talks about Nelly and Puffy as well as 50 cent. Transcripts of some of McGriff's phone calls, recorded by the Bureau of Prisons, were included in a motion filed by a lawyer for Lorenzo, and brother brother Irv Gotti who at the time headed Murder Inc.. Gotti noted that Jimmy Iovine, who headed 50 Cent's record label at the time , was helping him think of all of his shit,' McGriff stated, 'Yeah, yeah, of course, because the cracker's pimping him. He ain't nothing but, he ain't nothing but a motherfucker house nigger that set everything, set us back 150 years.' McGriff sarcastically added that 50 Cent would next be doing commercials for macaroni and cheese and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Don't sleep on my Ne...
Organist Joey DeFrancesco has been blessed to work with and learn from the great masters like the late Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, and Miles Davis. It is in his blood to keep the legacy alive in jazz and carry out the B-3 to new audiences. Even with helping create technology that keeps the younger generation in tune and interested in playing a scaled down version of the B-3. Joey was born in Niagara Falls, New York but was raised in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly love has a connection with the Hammond B-3 Organ and history of notable jazz organists that made the instrument a mainstay in jazz music. The 40 year old B-3 master talks about his new venture in music, The KeyB, the new keyboard he has invested and endorses, that sounds just like the Hammond B-3. He began...
During the mid-1950's a musical innovator was making waves in jazz music by playing the organ. Jimmy Smith had sonically taken the Hammond B-3 and played with either a quartet or trio that changed and gave way for how blues, gospel, soul, and jazz music was played forever. Although the organ trio wasn't nothing new at the time, Jimmy took what heard from his influences like Wild Bill Davis, Count Basie, and Fats Waller and did some heavy woodshedding in 1955 after he bought his first Hammond organ. Smith decided to rent some warehouse space and set up shop for a year in New York City. In that year he'd transform himself with sound and work ethic that was unparalleled for its time in its time. One night Alfred Lion, president of Blue Note Records, saw Jimmy play at a nightclub in Philadelph...
Tracklist: 1. A Thing to Come By 2. Charlotte 3. Down Home on the Moon 4. Oh Happy Day 5. Don't Let Me Lose This Dream 6. Up There, Down Here 7. A Thing to Come By (Part II) Recording Date: Jun 17, 1969-Jun 18, 1969 Release Date: Apr 1970 Jimmy McGriff - Organ, Piano Larry Frazier - Guitar Richard "Blue" Mitchell - Trumpet Jesse Kilpatrick - Drums Arthur "Fats" Theus - Tenor Saxophones Danny Turner - Sax (Alto) unknown - Bass, Electric Bass
Electric Funk is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label. Track listing "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 Recorded in New York City in September 1969. Personnel Jimmy McGriff - organ Blue Mitchell - trumpet Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone Horace Ott - electric piano, arranger Unknown - guitar Chuck Rainey - electric bass Bernard Purdie - drums
Sugar Hill (Radio Spot) The Meters - Hey Pocky-A-Way Merry Clayton - Southern Man Fred Wesley and the JB's - Use me Cymande - The Message Fugi - Mary Don't Take Me On Bad Trip Laura Lee - Crumbs Off The Table The Lords of Percussion - The Kung Fu Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (Part 2) The Counts - Thinking Single Ultrafunk - Sweet FA Jean Jacques Perrey - EVA The Otis And Carla Band - Tramp (Instrumental) The Pazant Bros - Chick A Boom Cannonball Adderley - Walk Tall Boobie Knight and The Universals - Ain't Nobody Better Than You Jimmy McGriff - Groove Grease Jimmy McGriff - Canadian Sunset Roy Ayers - He's a Superstar Mandrill - Mean Streets Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Groove Merchant Records A1 Blue Groove Part I A2 Blues For A Broken Down Funky Buss A3 Mocha B1 Harp-er B2 Lonesome Road B3 Mack The Knife C1 . Tracklist: 1. A Thing to Come By 2. Charlotte 3. Down Home on the Moon 4. Oh Happy Day 5. Don't Let Me Lose This Dream 6. Up There, Down Here 7. A Thing . Electric Funk is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label. Track listing .
Groove Merchant Records A1 Blue Groove Part I A2 Blues For A Broken Down Funky Buss A3 Mocha B1 Harp-er B2 Lonesome Road B3 Mack The Knife C1 Bahama C2 Amen C3 Hey, Mrs. Jones D1 Blue Groove Part II D2 Penthouse Serenade D3 Pennies From Heaven
Hammond Organ Center, now Drawbarcity, has been very fortunate to be a place where many of the great Hammond Organists of Philadelphia were able to come an visit. We also hosted many special projects such as interviews and even a couple of live radio broadcasts. On April 18th, 2002 we hosted the taping of an interview with Jimmy McGriff and Joey DeFrancesco, for the BBC. This was a rather rare treat. Even though McGiff and Joey saw each other a lot they never did an album together and only did a hand full of concerts together. Other then this interview we don't think they were ever interviewed together. Both organists share some interesting information. Also, the respect that Joey DeFrancesco shows Jimmy McGriff, you truly get the feeling that they were good friends, which they were. SP...
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. Promotional use only. Track Listings 1. All About My Girl - Jimmy McGriff 2. Face To Face - Baby Face Willette 3. The Beast - Milt Buckner 4. De Bug - Freddie Roach 5. Minor Dream - Larry Young 6. Shoo, Shoo Baby - Mel Rhyne 7. Southern Exposure - Fred Jackson 8. Spaceman Twist - Lou Donaldson 9. You Can't Sit Down - Phil Upchurch Combo 10. Neckbones (feat. Willis Jackson) - Johnny 'Hammond' Smith 11. King Bee - Bill Doggett 12. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
Veep Records 1965 Track List: A1 Where It's At A2 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad. arr.) 04:50 A3 Up Tight (Cosby, Moy & Judkins) 08:31 A4 Frugal Bugle 14:03 B1 Upper Ground 20:26 B2 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael & Gorrell) 25:30 B3 Goin' Out Of My Head (Weinstein & Randazzo) 31:07 B4 Robbins Nest (Jacquet & Thompson) 34:59 Jimmy McGriff (og) with unknown musicians
The New Mastersounds are a four-piece band based in Leeds, England, whose modern take on vintage soul-jazz, funk and rock draws influences from Jimmies McGriff, Smith, and Hendrix, as well as their most closely-associated mentors, The Meters. Try to imagine Grant Green and Lou Donaldson having a fight in a Hammond Organ shop while James Brown holds the coats, and you have some idea of what to expect from this band.