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1970 studio album by Jimmy McGriff
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]
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 out of 5 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".[ 5]
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
^ Blue Note Records discography . Retrieved December 13, 2010
^ Payne, D., Jimmy McGriff discography accessed March 16, 2018
^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review . Retrieved December 13, 2010
^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 971. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 .
^ Payne, D. All About Jazz Review , accessed March 16, 2018
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithLou Donaldson WithPhilly Joe Jones WithSam Jones WithJimmy McGriff WithHorace Silver WithStanley Turrentine 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)
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader or co-leader AndShirley Scott WithMax Roach 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)