Christmas with McGriff

Christmas with McGriff
Studio album by Jimmy McGriff
Released	November 1963
Recorded	1963
Studio	New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:05
Label	Sue LP /STLP 1018
Producer	Juggy Murray
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Jimmy McGriff at the Apollo (1963) Christmas with McGriff (1963) Jimmy McGriff at the Organ (1964)

Christmas with McGriff is an album of christmas music by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded and released by Sue Records in 1963. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It charted for one week peaking at #30 on Billboard's Christmas Record Album chart on December 26, 1964. ^[6]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:14
2. "Christmas with McGriff" – 5:52
3. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Tommie Connor) – 6:35
4. "Hip Santa" – 3:05
5. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 5:10
6. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:33
7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 5:04
8. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 3:34

Personnel

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Rudolph Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Larry Frazier – guitar
• Willie "Saint" Jenkins – drums

References

1. Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Sue Album Discography, accessed August 5, 2019
2. Jazzlists: Jimmy McGriff discography, accessed April 25, 2017
3. Blue Note: Jimmy McGriff, accessed August 5, 2019
4. Jazzlists: Sue Records 1000 series discography, accessed August 5, 2019
5. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff: A Discography: 1960 - 1965, accessed August 5, 2019
6. "Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 52, December 26, 1964, p. 36. worldradiohistory.com.
7. Jimmy McGriff: Christmas with McGriff – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
8. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 972. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.