Jimmy Mcgriff - The Big Band: A Tribute To Basie

Styles: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:31
Size: 83,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:26)  1. Hob Nail Boogie
(3:55)  2. Cherry Point
(3:45)  3. Swingin' The Blues
(3:29)  4. Cute
(4:04)  5. Every Day I Have The Blues
(3:32)  6. Blues Go Away
(2:55)  7. Avenue C
(4:30)  8. L'il Darlin'
(3:14)  9. Splanky
(4:36) 10. Slow But Sure

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. ~ Scott Yanow  http://www.allmusic.com/album/big-band-a-tribute-to-basie-mw0000611109

Personnel: Jimmy McGriff (organ); Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith (guitar); Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson (alto saxophone); Frank Foster , Billy Mitchell , Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Seldon Powell (baritone saxophone); Richard Gene Williams , Ernie Royal, Irvin "Marky" Markowitz, Joe Newman Quartet , Thad Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Burt Collins (trumpet); Eddie Bert, Dick Hixson, J. Alan Johnson , Tom McIntosh, Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise (trombone); Tony Studd (bass trombone); Grady Tate, Mel Lewis (drums).

The Big Band:  A Tribute To Basie

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