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The Worm (album)

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Released
  
1968

The Worm (1968)
  
Step 1 (1968)

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
37:53

Artist
  
Jimmy McGriff

Producer
  
Sonny Lester

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 19-22, 1968 in New York City

Similar
  
The Big Band, A Bag Full of Blues, Something to Listen To, I've Got a New Woman, Electric Funk

Jimmy mcgriff the worm


The Worm is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1968 and originally released on the Solid State label.

Contents

Jimmy mcgriff the worm


Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "The Worm is a monster album through and through. Not only is it a revelatory example of McGriff on the wild, it marks one of the first places where the new funky urban soul met jazz and blues and evolved into jazz-funk".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except as indicated

  1. "The Worm" (Sonny Lester, Jimmy McGriff, Fats Theus) - 3:20
  2. "Keep Loose" - 5:56
  3. "Heavyweight" - 6:52
  4. "Think" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 3:16
  5. "Lock It Up" (Kenny Burrell) - 5:13
  6. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 4:31
  7. "Blue Juice" - 4:59
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46

Personnel

  • Jimmy McGriff - organ
  • Blue Mitchell - trumpet
  • Danny Turner - alto saxophone
  • Fats Theus - tenor saxophone
  • Robert Ashton - baritone saxophone
  • Thornel Schwartz - guitar
  • Bob Bushnell - electric bass
  • Mel Lewis, Grady Tate - drums
  • Songs

    1The Worm3:21
    2Keep Loose5:56
    3Heavyweight6:53

    References

    The Worm (album) Wikipedia