Something to Listen To (Jimmy McGriff album)

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Something to Listen To
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Studio album by
Jimmy McGriff
Released1970
Recorded1970
Genre Jazz
Length45:50
Label Blue Note
Producer Sonny Lester
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Soul Sugar
(1970)		Something to Listen To
(1970)		 Black Pearl
(1971)

Something to Listen To is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]

Jimmy McGriff American organist

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Blue Note Records American record label

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derives its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. Although the original company did not record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.

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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except as indicated
  1. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 6:38
  2. "Malcolm's Blues" - 6:14
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) - 5:59
  4. "Deb Sombo" - 6:38
  5. "Something to Listen To" - 4:46
  6. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 5:35
  • Recorded in New York City in Autumn 1970.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Note Records discography accessed December 13, 2010
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed December 13, 2010
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