180 Gram Vinyl Remastered from the Original Masters!
Organ master Jimmy McGriff may have studied formally at Juilliard and at Philadelphia's Combe College of Music, but there's nothing fancy about his music. It's basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. McGriff's brand of jazz is about feeling. "That's the most important thing," he says.
Richard "Groove" Holmes was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of "Misty", and is considered a precursor of acid jazz. Holmes' first album, on Pacific Jazz with guest Ben Webster, was recorded in March 1961. His sound was immediately recognizable in the upper register, but even more so because of his virtuosity in creating, undoubtedly, the most rapid, punctuating, and pulsating basslines of all the jazz organists.
Drummer Bernard Purdie moved to New York in 1960 after finishing high school and played with (among others), Lonnie Youngblood before landing his first hit with King Curtis. This led to his engagement with Aretha Franklin in 1970 - the beginning of an unparalleled career. Since then, Purdie has been a regular guest in the studios of the stars of Jazz, Soul, and Rock, working together with Paul Butterfield as well as Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Hall & Oates, Al Kooper, Herbie Mann, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens, as well as regularly producing his own solo albums under his own name.
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Remastered from the Original Masters
Musicians:
Jimmy McGriff, organ
Richard Groove Holmes, organ
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums
O'Donel Levy, guitar
George Freeman, guitar
Kwasi Jayourba, conga
Selections:
Side A:
1. Licks A'Plenty
2. Out of Nowhere
3. The Squirell
Side B:
4. Finger Lickin' Good
5. How High the Moon
6. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Organ master Jimmy McGriff may have studied formally at Juilliard and at Philadelphia's Combe College of Music, but there's nothing fancy about his music. It's basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. McGriff's brand of jazz is about feeling. "That's the most important thing," he says.
Richard "Groove" Holmes was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of "Misty", and is considered a precursor of acid jazz. Holmes' first album, on Pacific Jazz with guest Ben Webster, was recorded in March 1961. His sound was immediately recognizable in the upper register, but even more so because of his virtuosity in creating, undoubtedly, the most rapid, punctuating, and pulsating basslines of all the jazz organists.
Drummer Bernard Purdie moved to New York in 1960 after finishing high school and played with (among others), Lonnie Youngblood before landing his first hit with King Curtis. This led to his engagement with Aretha Franklin in 1970 - the beginning of an unparalleled career. Since then, Purdie has been a regular guest in the studios of the stars of Jazz, Soul, and Rock, working together with Paul Butterfield as well as Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Hall & Oates, Al Kooper, Herbie Mann, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens, as well as regularly producing his own solo albums under his own name.
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Remastered from the Original Masters
Musicians:
Jimmy McGriff, organ
Richard Groove Holmes, organ
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums
O'Donel Levy, guitar
George Freeman, guitar
Kwasi Jayourba, conga
Selections:
Side A:
1. Licks A'Plenty
2. Out of Nowhere
3. The Squirell
Side B:
4. Finger Lickin' Good
5. How High the Moon
6. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
