Red Beans (album)

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Red Beans
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Studio album by
Jimmy McGriff
Released1976
RecordedSeptember 1976
Studio Mediasound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length34:54
Label Groove Merchant
GM 3314
Producer Sonny Lester
Jimmy McGriff chronology
The Mean Machine
(1976)		Red Beans
(1976)		 Tailgunner
(1977)

Red Beans is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1976 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2] [3]

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Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "'On Red Beans, Jimmy McGriff rolls out electric piano and clavinet alongside his signature Hammond B-3 to create one of the more varied and unusual sessions in his discography. Brad Baker's smooth, fusion-inspired arrangements further distance the album from McGriff's seminal soul-jazz sets, but the approach – in every sense a product of its times – suits him well, and even though the material is lightweight, with a regrettable reliance on novelty titles, McGriff's absolute mastery of the groove remains unquestioned". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Brad Baker and Lance Quinn except where noted

  1. "Red Beans" – 6:10
  2. "Big Booty Bounce" – 6:12
  3. "Space Cadet" (Bob Babbitt) – 5:58
  4. "Cakes Alive" – 6:02
  5. "Sweet Love" (Jerry Friedman) – 4:35
  6. "Love Is My Life" – 6:47

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed April 18, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series, accessed April 18, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 18, 2018
  4. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. Red Beans – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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