1970 studio album by Jimmy McGriff
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] External links [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ 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
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithLou Donaldson WithPhilly Joe Jones WithSam Jones WithJimmy McGriff WithHorace Silver WithStanley Turrentine With others Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley , 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks , 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean , 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles , 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon , 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker , 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach , 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland , 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green , 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes , 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope , 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson , 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard , 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef , 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern , 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall , 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann , 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae , 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley , 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman , 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson , 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton , 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red , 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach , 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse , 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith , 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt , 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons , 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick , 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton , 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul , 1966)
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader or co-leader AndShirley Scott WithMax Roach With others Freedom (Kenny Burrell , 1963–64) Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell, 1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd , 1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) With the Tenors of Our Time (Roy Hargrove , 1994) Life Flight (Freddie Hubbard, 1987) Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan , 1960) Only Trust Your Heart (Diana Krall , 1994) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann , 1961) Electric Funk (Jimmy McGriff , 1969) Speakin' My Piece (Horace Parlan , 1960) On the Spur of the Moment (Horace Parlan, 1961) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson , 1967) Easy Living /Congo Lament (Ike Quebec , 1962) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece , 1960) Serenade to a Soul Sister (Horace Silver , 1968) Back at the Chicken Shack (Jimmy Smith , 1960) Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Prayer Meetin' (Jimmy Smith, 1961) A.T.'s Delight (Art Taylor , 1960)