So Much Silence (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
So Friday night we went out with some friends, and I ended up, uh, falling asleep in the passenger seat while my wife navigated home. While I was still awake, I popped Midnight Marauders on the iPod – only one of the greatest hip-hop records with one of the greatest covers – for the drive [...]
Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Blog (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
If you can just get your mind around this... Barbara Dennerlein , "Queen of the Hammond B3" is truly amazing! How does this white chick, from Germany, find herself in the modus operandi of Jimmy Smith/Jack McDuff/Jimmy McGriff?? Even more amazing is the bass player in Barb's band. She must have kicked him out-- and with that same foot she handles the bass duties herself. Talk about a walking bass line!...
el director (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Please bare with us, we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties whilst we try to unglue el Director from the cereal bowl... In the meantime, here is some music... In memorandum, Jimmy McGriff , April 3, 1936 -- May 24, 2008 -El Maestro
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Comedian Bill Cosby, who had dreamed of being a jazz drummer, will be master of ceremonies at the 30th Playboy Jazz Festival.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Bill Cosby quips that he gave up his dreams of becoming a professional jazz drummer and turned to comedy after seeing how easily the pioneer bebop drummer Max Roach handled rhythmically complex tunes that he struggled to get through.
GaragePunk.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Host: Charles Gaskins People keep dropping dead! Bo Diddley, Jimmy McGriff, Yves Saint Laurent! Who’s next? Oh well, at least I’m not dead… YET! Since I’m still breathing you should check my latest episode! It’s good for your health, you know. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE
mondomedeusah électronique (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Jimmy McGriff - Mean Machine // Groove Merchant Jimmy McGriff - Hey, Mrs Jones // Groove Merchant Jimmy McGriff - Ain't It Funky Now //...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
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The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
After a weekend’s hiatus, I’m back to doing business at this old familiar stand with a few bits and pieces worthy of your attention. One of the most-played artists on the laptop music stash is organist Jimmy McGriff, who died last week. I’m very late on it, but Funky16Corners has a brief tribute. I blogged about [...]
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
I'm back from Europe, and just learned that the great Jimmy McGriff, one of the true soul masters of the Hammond B-3 organ, passed away during my honeymoon. Click here for an outstanding biography by Doug Payne, which will tell you all you need and then some about this Philadelphia born funkmeister. He clearly was one of the all-time greats, part of a great line of jazz organists that ran from his...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
Jimmy McGriff spanned the musical worlds of jazz, blues and funk and his vibrant playing of the Hammond organ touched both souls and feet. His groove-laden, hard-swinging sound graced more than 100 albums during a career lasting almost half a century in which he rivalled his close friend Jimmy Smith as the foremost organist of his generation. “Jimmy Smith is the jazz king on the organ, but when it...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Hammond B3 organist Jimmy McGriff, who died the other day aged 72, was one of the leading exponents of organ-based soul/jazz in the 60s, along with Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Richard Groove Holmes, and his singles and LPs on the UK Sue label have become highly collectable. Jimmy was best known for I've Got a Woman and The Last Minute and albums such as Blues for Mister Jimmy and a Bag Full...
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Jazzman Jimmy McGriff, 72, soulful master of the organ [ TPI ] In Tribute: Jimmy McGriff [ AMB ] Jimmy McGriff [ Official ][ MySpace ][ AMG ][ Wiki ]
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Jimmy McGriff’s B3 sound was always rooted in blues and gospel, and his soloing could be very smooth and polished. But every once in a while, he had to break out of his own soulbox and tear it up on a session. The Worm, issued on Solid State Records in 1968, is the very [...]
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Jimmy McGriff, Jazz and Blues Organist, Dies at 72 (BEN RATLIFF, 5/28/08, NY Times) Like other jazz organists of his time, Mr. McGriff spent much of his career working in the clubs of the East Coast organ circuit, including the Golden Slipper in Newark, a club he owned in the early ’70s. He played jazz as dance music, whether it was music by Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Ray Charles or James Brown....
