''Giants of the Organ in Concert'' is a live album by American jazz organists

Jimmy McGriff James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. Biography Early years and influences Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Germantown, Pennsylvania, Uni ...

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Groove Holmes Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes (May 2, 1931 – June 29, 1991) was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of "Misty". Career Holmes's first album, on Pacific Ja ...

recorded in Boston in 1973 and originally released on the

Groove Merchant Groove Merchant was an American jazz and R&B record label during the 1970s. It was run by producer Sonny Lester and distributed by Pickwick Records. Notable artists included Chick Corea, O'Donel Levy, Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Lonnie Smith and ...

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double LP A double album (or double record) is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording i ...

.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series
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Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff and Groove Holmes # "The Preacher's Tune" – 11:05 # "Bean's" – 6:47 # "Mozambique" – 15:52 # "Closing Theme" – 2:32 # "Brown Bread" – 9:45 # "Talk to Me" – 10:52 # "Boston Whaler" – 12:52 # "Chopper" – 8:53

Personnel

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organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

*Leon Cook, Mark Elf,

O'Donel Levy O'Donel "Butch" Levy (September 20, 1945 – March 14, 2016) was a Rhythm and blues, rhythm & blues, funk and jazz guitarist from Baltimore, Maryland. He was brother of session drummer Stafford Levy. Levy studied music at the Peabody Institute at ...

– guitar *Mike Moss – drums *Kwasi Jayourba – percussion

References

{{Jimmy McGriff Groove Merchant live albums Jimmy McGriff live albums Richard Holmes (organist) live albums 1973 live albums Albums produced by Sonny Lester