Fly Dude
1972 studio album by Jimmy McGriff
Fly Dude | ||||
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Studio album by Jimmy McGriff | ||||
Released | October 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Studio | New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:55 | |||
Label | Groove Merchant GM 509 | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
Jimmy McGriff chronology | ||||
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Fly Dude is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1972 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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Allmusic's Steve Leggett said: "Soul-jazz and Hammond B3 pioneer Jimmy McGriff made the Groove Merchant record label his home base for the better part of the 1970s, releasing the often overlooked Fly Dude in 1972. This is McGriff at his most varied. ... Fly Dude has an ever-shifting perspective, and more than enough groove to keep everything sharp, all with a firm blues bases".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
- "Everyday I Have the Blues" (Peter Chatman) – 3:42
- "Jumping the Blues" (Jimmy Smith) – 4:15
- "Healin' Feeling" (Les McCann) – 5:09
- "Cotton Boy Blues" – 8:35
- "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 6:38
- "The Groove Fly" – 5:52
- "It's You I Adore" (George Freeman) – 5:43
- "Butterfly" – 4:01
Personnel
- Jimmy McGriff – organ
- Ronald Arnold – tenor saxophone
- George Freeman, John Thomas – guitar
- Marion Booker Jr. – drums
References
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- t
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- The Big Band (1966)
- A Bag Full of Soul (1966)
- Cherry (1966)
- A Bag Full of Blues (1967)
- I've Got a New Woman (1967)
- Honey (1968)
- The Worm (1968)
- Step 1 (1969)
- A Thing to Come By (1969)
- The Way You Look Tonight (1969)
- Electric Funk (1970)
- The Dudes Doin' Business (1970)
- Soul Sugar (1970)
- Something to Listen To (1971)
- Groove Grease (1971)
- Let's Stay Together (1972)
- Fly Dude (1972)
- Giants of the Organ Come Together (1973)
- The Main Squeeze (1974)
- Stump Juice (1975)
- The Mean Machine (1976)
- Red Beans (1976)
- Tailgunner (1977)
- City Lights (1981)
- Movin' Upside the Blues (1982)
- The Groover (1982)
- Countdown (1983)
- Skywalk (1984)
- State of the Art (1985)
- Soul Survivors (1986)
- The Starting Five (1987)
- Steppin' Up (1987)
- Blue to the 'Bone (1988)
- On the Blue Side (1990)
- You Ought to Think About Me (1990)
- The Dream Team (1997)
- Road Tested (1997)
- Straight Up (1998)
- Crunch Time (1999)
- McGriff's House Party (2000)
- Feelin' It (2001)
- McGriff Avenue (2002)
- Black Pearl (1971)
- Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (1973)
- Giants of the Organ in Concert (1973)