Jimmy McGriff, 72, a jazz and blues organist who helped popularize the funky soul-jazz sound of the 1960s, died May 24 at Voorhees Center Genesis, a nursing facility in Voorhees, N.J. He had multiple ...
1. All About My Girl (McGriff) - 7:50 2. McGriff Avenue (Jones) - 7:35 3. Soul Street (Forrest) - 10:50 4. The Answer Is in the Blues (Jones) - 8:13 5. The Great Unknown (Cuber/McGriff) - 6:45 6.
Philadelphian Jimmy McGriff began as a pianist but fell in love with the organ after hearing Richard “Groove" Holmes play the Hammond B3 at his sister's wedding. He bought his first organ in 1956, ...
Longtime jazz and blues organist Jimmy McGriff, known for the 1960s recordings of “I’ve Got a Woman” and “All About My Girl,” died Saturday in Philadelphia. He was 72. McGriff died Saturday of ...