Jimmy McGriff - Main Squeeze

Title: Main Squeeze Artist: Jimmy McGriff Release Date: 1976 Re-Released On: 9/20/2007 Label: Groove Merchant, LRC Records UPCs: 046172961428, 057362053427 Genre: Jazz Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Earthy, Elegant, Gritty, Joyous, Organic, Party/Celebratory, Playful, Rollicking, Freewheeling, Fun, Greasy, Gutsy, Raucous, Soothing, Street-Smart, Swaggering, Warm Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Worm Turns
2. The Sermon
3. The Blues Train to Georgia
4. Misty
5. The Main Squeeze
6. GMI
7. These Foolish Things
8. Stella by Starlight

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Groove Merchant 534 2003 CD LRC Records 29614

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Like so many Jimmy McGriff albums, Main Squeeze percolates but never quite boils over. It's a collection of short, sharp and oh-so-sincere funk workouts performed with both style and skill, the album simply plays its cards too close to the vest, controlling the groove but never giving in to it. Paired with guitarist Jimmy Ponder and altoist Connie Lester, McGriff moves effortlessly from originals ("The Worm Turns") to standards ("Stella by Starlight") to soul-jazz signifiers (Jimmy Smith's "The Sermon"), vamping and wailing but never letting go -- the tracks are more short stories than epic poems, tightly controlled and frustratingly limited in both style and scope. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Connie Lester Sax (Alto) Eddie Gladden Drums Jimmy McGriff Organ Jimmy Ponder Guitar Sonny Lester Producer