Feelin' It (album)

Feelin' It
Studio album by Jimmy McGriff
Released	April 17, 2001
Recorded	October 17 and 19, 2000
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:53
Label	Milestone MCD-9313-2
Producer	Bob Porter
Jimmy McGriff chronology
McGriff's House Party (2000) Feelin' It (2001) McGriff Avenue (2002)

Feelin' It is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 2000 and released on the Milestone label the following year. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

Allmusic's Alex Henderson said: "McGriff was 64 when this CD was recorded in 2000 and, at that age, he wasn't trying to reinvent the wheel. But his fans expected him to provide soul-jazz/hard bop that was solid and consistent; Feelin' It definitely fits that description". ^[5] Douglas Payne noted "McGriff sounds ok here, but he's sounded this way for years. There's absolutely nothing wrong with what happens here. There's absolutely nothing memorable about it either". ^[7] In JazzTimes, Owen Cordle wrote "I hope there’ll always be a place for this kind of music in the record industry and on the scene. It’s a reservoir of the right stuff". ^[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

1. "Stan's Shuffle" (Stanley Turrentine) – 9:01
2. "Hard Times" (Paul Mitchell) – 7:45
3. "Us" (Wayne Boyd) – 4:52
4. "Feelin' It" (Melvin Sparks) – 5:01
5. "Sermonizing" – 5:18
6. "All Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:10
7. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 6:03
8. "City Lights" – 7:31

Personnel

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Bill Easley – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
• Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
• Wayne Boyd (tracks 3 & 6-8), Melvin Sparks (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) – guitar
• Kenny Washington (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), Don Williams (tracks 3 & 6-8) − drums

References

1. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed October 22, 2018
2. Jazzlists:Milestone Records 9000 Series, accessed October 22, 2018
3. Both Sides Now: Milestone Label Discography, accessed October 22, 2018
4. Jazzlists: album info, accessed October 22, 2018
5. Henderson, Alex. Jimmy McGriff: Feelin' It – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 22, 2018.
6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 972. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
7. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Reviews, accessed October 22, 2018
8. Cordle, O. Review, accessed October 22, 2018