Fly Dude

Fly Dude

ASIN: B00019774W

Track Listings

1. Everyday I Have the Blues

2. Jumping the Blues

3. Healin' Feeling

4. Cotton Boy Blues

5. Yardbird Suite

6. Groove Fly

7. It's You I Adore

8. Butterfly

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese exclusive reissue of 1972 album features eight tracks produced by Sonny Lester, part of the 'Return Of The Jazzfunk' series. Groovemerchant/P-Vine. 2004.

Tracks:

Everyday I Have the Blues
Jumping the Blues
Healin' Feeling
Cotton Boy Blues
Yardbird Suite
Groove Fly
It's You I Adore
Butterfly

Album Description

Japanese exclusive reissue of 1972 album features eight tracks produced by Sonny Lester, part of the 'Return Of The Jazzfunk' series. Groovemerchant/P-Vine. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

McGriff 's best album ever!.......2007-02-13

All of the great Hammond B-3 organists have particular interesting musical periods in their career tied to certain record companies. Common denominators for many organists are - Blue Note Records, Prestige and Verve - as the three most significant record labels in the recorded history of jazz organ. But there are some interesting exceptions to explore. Mr. Blues Organ - Jimmy McGriff - made some of his best albums between 1971 - 77 on the Groove Merchant (GM) label, headed by the legendary producer and jazz organ fan, Sonny Lester. Thanks to Japanese P-Vine Records, the fabulous McGriff album "Fly Dude" from 1972 is eventually remastered to the highest quality with original cover art, just like the old days with vinyl. For your information - nearly all tunes on the overlooked "Fly Dude "are released on various compiled CDs thanks to a completely hopeless re-issuing policy from the GM master tapes owners.

Using blues, soul jazz and a dash of funk as the building blocks for this album, McGriff demonstrates a varied and highly successful choices of tunes and fellow musicians - Ronald Arnold on tenor saxophone, George Freeman and John Thomas on guitars, and Marion Booker Jr. on drums. Bop standard "Yardbird Suite" is by far the best version ever recorded on the Hammond B-3 organ where McGriff play some of the baddest improvisation and left hand bass lines with great support from the two guitarist (hard to say who's playing what). Even the Jimmy Smith's tune "Jumping the Blues" gets a highly respectable treat by the combo before they dive into a medium fast version of "Everyday I Have The Blues" by Memphis Slim. In addition to "Yardbird Suite", McGriff original "Cotton Boy Blues" are the album highlights - this slow blues which churchy gospel sound is a pure joy for 8 minutes. "Butterfly" and "The Groove Fly" are high pressure organ funk like it should sound in the `70's. Great album, great band, great recording, bad price! My verdict - McGriff's best album ever.

Average customer rating:

Fly Dude

Manufacturer: Groove Merchant
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FTBJEW
Release Date: 2006-07-18

Tracks:

Everyday I Have The Blues
Jumoing The Blues
Healin' Feeling
Cotton Boy Blues
Yardbird suite
The Groove Fly
It's You I adore
Butterfly

Product Description

Delux Packaging with O-Card.

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Jazz Music

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