Electric Funk is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff of performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography. Retrieved December 13, 2010Payne, D., Jimmy McGriff discography accessed March 16, 2018
Reception
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 fuzz guitars, elastic bass, smoldering organ, and punchy, slightly incongruous horn charts."Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review. Retrieved December 13, 2010 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".Payne, D. All About Jazz Review, accessed March 16, 2018
Track listing 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
Personnel Jimmy McGriff – electronic organ Blue Mitchell – trumpet Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Horace Ott – electric piano, arranger Unknown – guitar Chuck Rainey – electric bass Bernard Purdie – drums
External links Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk auf YouTube
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