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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Jimmy McGriff, Lucky Thompson, George Freeman, O'Donel Levy • Friday The 13th (Cook County Jail)

Review by Scott Yanow

This album contains two separate sets that were both performed before inmates at the Cook County Jail one day in 1972. Organist Jimmy McGriff and his quintet (with guitarists George Freeman and O'Donell Levy, bassist Mickey Bass and drummer Marion Booker, Jr.) performs his lengthy two-part "Freedom Suite," generating a great deal of heat. Lucky Thompson, mostly on soprano, jams on three standards with keyboardist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. Thompson's hot playing (particularly on "Cherokee") makes this album worth searching for.

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Reseña de Scott Yanow

Este álbum contiene dos sets separados que fueron interpretados ante los reclusos de la cárcel del condado de Cook un día de 1972. El organista Jimmy McGriff y su quinteto (con los guitarristas George Freeman y O'Donell Levy, el bajista Mickey Bass y la baterista Marion Booker, Jr.) interpreta su larga "Suite de la Libertad" en dos partes, generando una gran cantidad de calor. Lucky Thompson, sobre todo como soprano, improvisa en tres estándares con el teclista Cedar Walton, el bajista Sam Jones y el baterista Louis Hayes. El calor de Thompson (particularmente en "Cherokee") hace que valga la pena buscar este álbum.

Tracklist:
1 - Freedom Suite, Part I - 8:58
2 - Freedom Suite, Part II - 15:45
3 - Green Dolphin Street - 5:51
4 - Everything Happens To Me - 5:41
5 - Cherokee - 4:29

Credits:
    Bass – Mickey Bass (tracks: 1, 2), Sam Jones (tracks: 3 to 5)
    Drums – Louis Hayes (tracks: 3 to 5), Marion Booker Jr. (tracks: 1, 2)
    Guitar – George Freeman (tracks: 1, 2), O'Donel Levy (tracks: 1, 2)
    Organ – Jimmy McGriff
    Piano [Electric] – Cedar Walton (tracks: 3 to 5)
    Producer – Sonny Lester
    Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (tracks: 3 to 5)