Groove Grease

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Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic's Rob Theakston said: "This 1971 session finds McGriff continuing to do like so many other jazz musicians of the time: embrace and adapt to the emergence of funk and soul into mainstream music, and recontextualize it in a jazz arena. The results are an unsurprisingly delicious slice of jazz-funk made from the finest ingredients. ... While McGriff's adventurous side is slightly tamed, it's that willingness to improv and blend together as a cohesive unit that makes Groove Grease such a tasty statement that is consistently fresh with repeated listenings".[4]

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

1. "Groove Grease" – 3:33
2. "The Bird" (Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Lester) – 3:14
3. "Plain Brown Bag" – 3:36
4. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:48
5. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:30
6. "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 3:44
7. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:24
8. "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:07
9. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Murray Watson – trumpet
• Cliff Davis – tenor saxophone, flute
• Johnny Beard – baritone saxophone, flute
• Horace Ott – electric piano
• Everett Barksdale, Wayne Bennett – guitar
• Richard Davis, Richard Evans – bass
• Marion J. Booker – drums
• Lawrence Killian – percussion