The Mean Machine (album)
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | New York City, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:09 | |||
| Label | Groove Merchant GM 3311 | |||
| Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
| Jimmy McGriff chronology | ||||
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The Mean Machine is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1976 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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| Allmusic |  File:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[4] |
Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Ironically enough, Mean Machine captures Jimmy McGriff at his sweetest. Employing electric piano as much as his signature organ, its grooves are disappointingly tepid, favoring a CTI-inspired smooth jazz approach at odds with McGriff's essential funkiness. Brad Baker's lush arrangements are largely to blame here, evoking the sound but not the kinetic energy of blaxploitation cinema".[4]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]- "It Feels So Nice (Do It Again)" (Brad Baker, Lance Quinn) − 6:04
- "The Mean Machine" (Baker, Joe Thomas) − 5:54
- "Please Don't Take Me Out" (Baker) − 6:05
- "Get Back' (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) − 5:30
- "Overweight Shark Bait" (Robert Kriener) − 4:41
- "Pogo's Stick" (Quinn) − 5:55
Personnel
[edit | edit source]- Jimmy McGriff – electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer, arranger
- Joe Thomas – tenor saxophone, flute
- John Frosk, Alan Rubin − trumpet
- Tom Malone − trombone
- Lewis Del Gatto − baritone saxophone
- Pat Rebillot − keyboards
- Lance Quinn − guitar, arranger
- Cornell Dupree, Jerry Friedman − guitar
- Bob Babbitt − electric bass
- Jerry Marotta, Rick Marotta − drums
- Carlos Martin − congas
- Jimmy Maelen − percussion
- Tony Posk, John Pinntaville, Norman Carr, Harold Kohan, Rick Santhomme, Leo Kahn, Fred Buldrini, Alvin Rogers − violin
- Julien Barber, Richard Maximoff − viola
- Jesse Levy, Richard Locker − cello
- Brad Baker − arranger, conductor
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed April 16, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 3300 Series, accessed April 16, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 16, 2018
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. Mean Machine – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
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