The_Worm_(Jimmy_McGriff_album)

<i>The Worm</i> (Jimmy McGriff album)

The Worm (Jimmy McGriff album)

1968 studio album by Jimmy McGriff Organ and Blues Band

The Worm is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1968 and originally released on the Solid State label.[1][2]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "The Worm is a monster album through and through. Not only is it a revelatory example of McGriff on the wild, it marks one of the first places where the new funky urban soul met jazz and blues and evolved into jazz-funk".[3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except as indicated

  1. "The Worm" (Sonny Lester, Jimmy McGriff, Fats Theus) - 3:20
  2. "Keep Loose" - 5:56
  3. "Heavyweight" - 6:52
  4. "Think" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 3:16
  5. "Lock It Up" (Kenny Burrell) - 5:13
  6. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 4:31
  7. "Blue Juice" - 4:59
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Payne, D., Solid State Records discography accessed April 14, 2015
  2. [2]
    Payne, D., Jimmy McGriff discography accessed April 14, 2015
  3. [3]
    Jurek, Thom. The Worm – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  4. [4]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 971. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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