You Ought to Think About Me is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1990 and released on the Headfirst label.Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed October 22, 2018Jazzlists: album info, accessed October 22, 2018
Reception
Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "Although Jimmy McGriff temporarily switched labels from Milestone to Headfirst in 1990, his brand of swinging funk and blues-oriented jazz was virtually unchanged ... The results are predictably excellent".
Track listing All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 6:01 "You Ought to Think About Me" – 4:15 "America the Beautiful" (Samuel A. Ward, Katharine Lee Bates) – 3:13 "One O'Clock/C-Jam" (Count Basie/Duke Ellington) – 7:11 "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 5:13 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:54 "McGriff's Blues" (Rodney Jones) – 4:44 "One Minute 'Til Six" (Bill Easley) – 8:56 "Evita" – 5:17 "Goin' Home" (Jones) – 9:10
Personnel Jimmy McGriff – Hammond/Goff organ, piano Stanton Davis – trumpet Dennis Wilson – trombone Bill Easley – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Rodney Jones – guitar, Roland GR-50 strings, bass, effects David Jackson, Jr. – bass Bernard Purdie − drums
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