Jimmy McGriff • The Main Squeeze

 

Review by Jason Ankeny
Like so many Jimmy McGriff albums, Main Squeeze percolates but never quite boils over. It's a collection of short, sharp and oh-so-sincere funk workouts performed with both style and skill, the album simply plays its cards too close to the vest, controlling the groove but never giving in to it. Paired with guitarist Jimmy Ponder and altoist Connie Lester, McGriff moves effortlessly from originals ("The Worm Turns") to standards ("Stella by Starlight") to soul-jazz signifiers (Jimmy Smith's "The Sermon"), vamping and wailing but never letting go -- the tracks are more short stories than epic poems, tightly controlled and frustratingly limited in both style and scope.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/main-squeeze-mw0000336930

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Reseña de Jason Ankeny
Como muchos discos de Jimmy McGriff, Main Squeeze se filtra pero nunca llega a hervir. Es una colección de breves, agudos y muy sinceros ejercicios de funk interpretados con estilo y habilidad, el álbum simplemente juega sus cartas demasiado cerca del chaleco, controlando el ritmo pero sin rendirse nunca a él. Emparejado con el guitarrista Jimmy Ponder y la contralto Connie Lester, McGriff pasa sin esfuerzo de originales («The Worm Turns») a standards («Stella by Starlight») y a significantes del soul-jazz (Jimmy Smith's «The Sermon»), vampirizando y gimiendo pero sin soltarse nunca - los temas son más historias cortas que poemas épicos, estrechamente controlados y frustrantemente limitados tanto en estilo como en alcance.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/main-squeeze-mw0000336930


 

Tracks:
1 - Jimmy McGriff - The Worm Turns
2 - Jimmy McGriff - The Sermon
3 - Jimmy McGriff - The Blues Train To Georgia
4 - Jimmy McGriff - Misty
5 - Jimmy McGriff - The Main Squeeze
6 - Jimmy McGriff - GMI
7 - Jimmy McGriff - These Foolish Things
8 - Jimmy McGriff - Stella By Starlight

Tracks:
Design [Cover] – David Lartaud
Drums – Eddie Gladden
Engineer – Malcom Addey*
Guitar – Jimmy Ponder
Lacquer Cut By – sf*
Mastered By – Sam Feldman
Organ, Keyboards – Jimmy McGriff
Photography By [Back Cover] – Marc Hauser
Photography By [Cover] – Manny Gonzales*
Producer – Sonny Lester
Saxophone [Alto] – Connie Lester

Label:    Groove Merchant – GM-534
Country:    US
Released:    1974
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk
https://www.discogs.com/release/1972325-Jimmy-McGriff-The-Main-Squeeze?srsltid=AfmBOorfXITQQYsuFVi2l9iVcowSUVCUmq0QaT8rWdn7L2Y_SmoghCZd

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