Jimmy McGriff - Christmas with Jimmy McGriff

Title: Christmas with Jimmy McGriff Artist: Jimmy McGriff Release Date: 9/24/1996 Re-Released On: 10/7/1996 Label: Collectables Records Album Type(s): christmas, Instrumental UPC: 090431574720 Genre: Jazz Styles: Christmas, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Holidays 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: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. White Christmas
2. Christmas With McGriff
3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
4. Hip Santa
5. Winter Wonderland
6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
8. Jingle Bells

Year Type Label Catalog # 1996 CD Collectables Records 5747

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This funky little holiday gem from 1964 was originally released on Sue Records and was actually Jimmy McGriff's highest charting album, rising to number 15 on the pop charts that year. Naturally his gritty Hammond B-3 playing is front and center here, given wonderful support by drummer Jimmie Smith, guitarist Larry Frazier, and Rudolph Johnson on soprano and tenor saxophone. The whole affair is surprisingly energetic and spunky, and tracks like the hard-charging "Christmas With McGriff," the sleigh bell-embedded "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," and the lively "Hip Santa" are all wonderful examples of upbeat soul jazz. Even the version of "Jingle Bells" that closes the set is funked up, riding a chugging rhythm and a bed of sleigh bells into the yuletide night. McGriff could have easily gone through the motions on this holiday session, and that he obviously didn't makes Christmas With Jimmy McGriff even more endearing. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ira Howard Liner Notes Jimmy McGriff Organ Larry Frazier Guitar (Rhythm) Rudolph Johnson Saxophone