Topkapi (album)

Topkapi
Studio album by Jimmy McGriff
Released	November 1964
Recorded	1964
Studio	New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	27:38
Label	Sue LP /STLP 1033
Producer	Joe Lederman, Juggy Murray
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Jimmy McGriff at the Organ (1964) Topkapi (1964) Blues for Mister Jimmy (1965)

Topkapi is an album of motion picture and television themes by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded and released by Sue Records in 1964. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine stated "The orchestra sounds like Muzak, but McGriff sounds like McGriff. How the two got together is anyone's guess". ^[6]

Track listing

1. "The Man with the Golden Arm" (Elmer Bernstein) – 2:24
2. "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 2:30
3. "Topkapi" (Manos Hadjidakis) – 2:28
4. "Rawhide{" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:10
5. "Exodus Main Theme" (Ernest Gold) – 2:00
6. "People" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) – 2:26
7. "Woman of Straw" (Norman Percival) – 2:40
8. "From Russia with Love" (Lionel Bart) – 2:30
9. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 2:13
10. "Love Theme from "The World of Suzie Wong"" (George Duning) – 2:13
11. "Medic Theme" (Victor Young) – 2:02
12. "The Pink Panther Theme" (Mancini) – 2:02

Personnel

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Unidentified orchestra arranged by Fred Norman

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. Erlewine, Michael. Jimmy McGriff: Topkapi – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 5, 2019.
7. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 972. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.