BST 84364

Jimmy McGriff - Something To Listen To

Released - 1970

Recording and Session Information

NYC, circa fall 1970
unknown, tenor sax; Jimmy McGriff, organ; unknown, guitar; unknown, drums; unidentified orchestra.

Indiana
Malcolm's Blues
Satin Doll
Deb Sombo
Something To Listen To
Shiny Stockings

Track Listing

Side One
Title	Author	Recording Date
(Back Home Again in) Indiana	James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald	Fall 1970
Malcolm's Blues	Jimmy McGriff	Fall 1970
Satin Doll	Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn	Fall 1970
Side Two
Deb Sombo	Jimmy McGriff	Fall 1970
Something to Listen To	Jimmy McGriff	Fall 1970
Shiny Stockings	Frank Foster	Fall 1970

Liner Notes

The organ has finally come into its own as a legitimate jazz instrument, although the subject has caused much debate in jazz circles. Because of its great versatility, its ability to provide multicolored shading—from funky, staccato rhythms to quiet church-like music the organ has proven extremely valuable in the genre of jazz, and even hard-core traditionalists are coming around.

With the emergence of new musical expressions and styles, new and young proponents of the art must inevitably rise to prominence. Step up, Jimmy McGriff, a young man with the talent and experience to make the organ talk jazz. He covers a wide range of musical expression, without gimmickry, with a straightforward approach to what is real, the guts of jazz.

Through years of experimentation, Jimmy has developed a very personalized style of organ, a style that is more possible in jazz because of its free-flowing, improvisational structure, than in any other type of music.

Jazz has few restrictions, few boundaries to bind — and therein lay its great attraction. Jimmy McGriff has the power over the music in blending his talents with the basic composition. His music is magnetic, pulsating With the excitement, beat and melody that make up the unexplainable charm of good music.