The Groover is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff, recorded in 1982 and released on the Jazz America Marketing (JAM) label.Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed October 22, 2018Jazzlists: Jazz America Marketing (JAM) LP discography, accessed October 22, 2018Jazzlists: album info, accessed October 22, 2018
Reception The Washington Post'''s Mike Joyce wrote: "Jazz organist Jimmy McGriff demonstrates on The Groover that no musician has a monopoly on the blues. Certainly not these blues -- the late-night, after-hours kind that once routinely spilled from tired jukeboxes at closing time ... The Groover'' lives up to its title and a tradition well worth renewing".Joyce, M. Jimmy McGriff: Basically, It's the Blues, Washington Post, December 10, 1982, accessed October 22, 2018
Track listing "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:30 "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:00 "Soft" (Tiny Bradshaw) – 5:43 "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) – 4:57 "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:40 "This One's for Ray" (Jimmy McGriff) – 8:26
Personnel Jimmy McGriff – organ, Fender Rhodes piano, piano Arnold Sterling – alto saxophone Billy Butler – guitar Bob Cranshaw – electric bass Belton Evans − drums Ray Mantilla – percussion
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