Jimmy Mcgriff • The Dream Team

Review by Richard S. Ginell

Jimmy McGriff moves back to the Milestone label in style with a great soul-jazz quintet, with whom he recorded one of his best Milestone albums, The Starting Five. This time, with no apologies to the notorious O.J. Simpson legal staff, he calls his quintet "the Dream Team" -- and for this kind of music, indeed they are. McGriff strokes his Hammond XB-3 keys and pedals with a relaxed in-the-pocket feeling; with this group, he doesn't have to push, nor should he. David "Fathead" Newman holds down the tenor chair, Red Holloway (replacing the late Rusty Bryant) is on alto and tenor, Mel Brown plays really tasty guitar, and Bernard Purdie powers the drums. Check out the effortlessly sauntering, hip-swinging boogaloo of "Fleetwood Stroll" or the slow, deeply soulful treatment of Willie Nelson's country standard "Funny How Time Slips Away" or the oooh-ain't-that-funky "McGriffin." Everybody swings, everybody listens intuitively to each other and feels the down-home churchy grooves, and they recorded it all in one day at Rudy Van Gelder's studio. This has the ingredients for ranking as an instant classic in this idiom.

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Reseña de Richard S. Ginell

Jimmy McGriff regresa a la discográfica Milestone con un gran quinteto de soul-jazz, con el que grabó uno de sus mejores álbumes Milestone, The Starting Five. Esta vez, sin disculparse con el notorio personal legal de O.J. Simpson, llama a su quinteto "el equipo de los sueños" - y para este tipo de música, de hecho lo son. McGriff acaricia sus teclas y pedales del Hammond XB-3 con una relajada sensación en el bolsillo; con este grupo, no tiene que empujar, ni debería hacerlo. David "Fathead" Newman ocupa la silla de tenor, Red Holloway (reemplazando al difunto Rusty Bryant) está en alto y en tenor, Mel Brown toca una guitarra muy sabrosa, y Bernard Purdie impulsa la batería. Echa un vistazo al boogaloo que se mueve sin esfuerzo en "Fleetwood Stroll" o al tratamiento lento y profundamente conmovedor del estándar country de Willie Nelson "Funny How Time Slips Away" o el oooh-no-que-sea "McGriffin". Todos se balancean, todos se escuchan intuitivamente y sienten los ritmos de la iglesia, y lo grabaron todo en un día en el estudio de Rudy Van Gelder. Esto tiene los ingredientes para clasificarlo como un clásico instantáneo en este idioma.

 

 Tracklist:
1 McGriffin    
2 Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away    
3 Red Hot 'N' New    
4 Fleetwood Stroll    
5 Don't Blame Me    
6 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do    
7 Things Ain't What They Used To Be


Credits:
Jimmy McGriff (organ hammnod B3)
Mel Brown (guitar)
Red Holloway (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone)
David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums)


Label: Milestone Records ‎– MCD 9268-2
Released: 1997
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: Feb 04, 1997

Recording Date: August 19, 1996 / Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Producer: Bob Porter
Engineer: Rudy VanGelder
Recording Time: 61 minutes

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