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
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 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".[4]
Track listing
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
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With Lou Donaldson | |
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With Philly Joe Jones | |
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With Sam Jones | |
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With Jimmy McGriff | |
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With Horace Silver | |
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With Stanley Turrentine | |
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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)
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Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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And Shirley Scott | |
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With Max Roach | |
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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)
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