Skywalk (album)

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Skywalk
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Studio album by
Jimmy McGriff
Released1984
RecordedMarch 19 and 20, 1984
StudioFox Recording Studios, Rutherford, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length40:36
Label Milestone
M-9126
Producer Bob Porter
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Countdown
(1983)		Skywalk
(1984)		 State of the Art
(1985)

Skywalk is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1984 and released on the Milestone label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Jimmy McGriff American organist

James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader.

Milestone Records American record label

Milestone Records is an American jazz record company and label founded in 1966 by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was bought by Fantasy Records in 1972. Since then it has produced reissues as well as new recordings. Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner are among the musicians who recorded for the label.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "Heard with a nonet on three numbers, a quintet on two songs, and an 11-piece outfit during his "Skywalk," McGriff is in his usual fine form ... Outside of altoist Bill Easley and guitarist Jimmy Ponder, the sidemen are pretty obscure, although quite capable in this setting". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

  1. "Skywalk" – 8:43
  2. "Easy Time" (Louie Bellson, Tommy Newsom) – 7:53
  3. "Motoring Along" – 3:07
  4. "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.) – 7:56
  5. "Barb' Wine" (Wayne Boyd) – 7:25
  6. "Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater, Robert B. Wright) – 5:32

Personnel

Hammond organ electric organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ, invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Various models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to specify a variety of sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier so it can drive a speaker cabinet. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ is commonly used with, and associated with, the Leslie speaker.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Trombone Type of brass instrument

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As on all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. Many modern trombone models also use a valve attachment to lower the pitch of the instrument. Variants such as the valve trombone and superbone have three valves similar to those on the trumpet.

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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. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Skywalk – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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