McGriff, Jimmy ‎– The Big Band

RARE/2HAND VINYL ON SOLID STATE RECORDS 1966.

SS 18001 made in US.

Vinyl EX. Cover VG+. 

Organist Jimmy McGriff's debut recording for the Solid State label (which has been reissued on a 1996 Laserlight CD) was also his first of many with a big band. McGriff pays tribute to the Count Basie Orchestra by performing ten songs from the Basie book (both of the 1940s and '50s) with a large group that includes many Basie veterans. The orchestra is mostly used as a prop, however, for McGriff is generally the main soloist on such tunes as Buster Harding's "Hob Nail Boogie," "Swingin' the Blues," "Cute," "Avenue C" and "L'il Darlin.'" Matching the leader's powerful organ with a big band was a logical idea and one that would be successfully repeated quite a few times in the future. This budget CD gives one a good sampling of Jimmy McGriff's playing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff

Tracklist.

A1 Hob Nail Boogie 2:25
A2 Cherry Point 3:52
A3 Swinging The Blues 3:44
A4 Cute 3:25
A5 Every Day 4:02
B1 Blues Go Away 3:27
B2 Avenue C 2:54
B3 Lil Darlin' 4:28
B4 Splanky 3:17
B5 Slow But Sure 4:30