Jimmy McGriff • Fly Dude

 

Soul-jazz and Hammond B3 pioneer Jimmy McGriff made the Groove Merchant record label his home base for the better part of the 1970s, releasing the often overlooked Fly Dude in 1972. This is McGriff at his most varied. Working with Ronald Arnold on tenor saxophone, George Freeman and John Thomas on guitars, and Marion Booker Jr. on drums, McGriff tackles a Jimmy Smith tune (“Jumping the Blues”), a Memphis Slim classic (“Everyday I Have the Blues”), and a bop touchstone by sax great Charlie Parker (“Yardbird Suite”). The most interesting tracks, however, are McGriff originals, including a churchy blues called “Cotton Boy Blues” and two proto-funk pieces, “The Groove Fly” and “Butterfly.” With Freeman and Arnold trading off lead lines with McGriff, Fly Dude has an ever-shifting perspective, and more than enough groove to keep everything sharp, all with a firm blues base. This CD reissue is from Japan’s P-Vine label, and as always, they know quality when they hear it.
Review by Steve Leggett

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El pionero del Soul-jazz y Hammond B3, Jimmy McGriff, hizo del sello discográfico Groove Merchant su base de operaciones durante la mayor parte de la década de 1970, lanzando en 1972 el a menudo ignorado Fly Dude. Este es McGriff en su más variado. Trabajando con Ronald Arnold en el saxo tenor, George Freeman y John Thomas en las guitarras, y Marion Booker Jr. en la batería, McGriff aborda una melodía de Jimmy Smith ("Jumping the Blues"), un clásico de Memphis Slim ("Everyday I Have the Blues"), y una piedra de toque de bop del gran saxofonista Charlie Parker ("Yardbird Suite"). Los temas más interesantes, sin embargo, son los originales de McGriff, incluyendo un blues eclesiástico llamado "Cotton Boy Blues" y dos piezas proto-funcionales, "The Groove Fly" y "Butterfly". Con Freeman y Arnold intercambiando líneas de plomo con McGriff, Fly Dude tiene una perspectiva siempre cambiante, y un groove más que suficiente para mantener todo afilado, todo con una base firme de blues. Esta reedición del CD es del sello japonés P-Vine, y como siempre, saben de calidad cuando lo escuchan.
Reseña de Steve Leggett

 

Tracks:

Everyday I Have The Blues (3:44)
Jumping The Blues (4:17)
Healin’ Feeling (5:11)
Cotton Boy Blues (8:38)
Yardbird Suite (6:39)
The Groove Fly (5:53)
It’s You I Adore (5:43)
Butterfly (4:05)


Credits:
    Drums – Marion Booker Jr.
    Engineer [Recording] – Malcolm Addey
    Guitar – John Thomas
    Lead Guitar – George Freeman
    Mastered By – Sam Feldman
    Organ – Jimmy McGriff
    Producer – Sonny Lester
    Tenor Saxophone – Ronald Arnold

1972
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