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Jimmy McGriff
real name James Harrell McGriff
Germantown, United States · 1936-04-03 – 2008-05-24
Jimmy McGriff is credited on 650 releases across 177 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
650
Credits
177
Albums
7
Decades active
149
In collections
Biography
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American blues and soul-jazz organist (born 3 April 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died 24 May 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). He played piano since the age of 5 but later adopted the Hammond organ. In the mid- and late 1970s he was also often featured on electric piano and other keyboards.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
650 releases · 177 albums · active 1962–2024
- Performance · 1,275
- Other credits · 10
- Production · 4
Studios: A&R Studios · Streeterville Studios · Power Station · Golden Slipper, Newark
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Anthology
1999
Home Cookin'
1961
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
1991
Hits, Rarities, & Remixes
2003
Technicolor Paradise (Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights)
2018
Cold Snap
1986
Groove Grease
1971
Blue Break Beats
1992
Soul Sugar
1970
Electric Funk
1970
No Doubt
1996
All We Got Iz Us
1995
Van Full Of Pakistans
1993
Red Beans
1976
Step 1
1969
Cold Sweat (From Jazz To Soul 'N' Funk To Blaxploitation)
2001
Blue Break Beats Volume Two
1993
Soul Survivors
1986
Flash Frozen The Blues Show! Albert Collins Live
1983
B. Baker Chocolate Co.
1979
Outside Looking In
1978
Soul Organ
1978
Tailgunner
1977
The Main Squeeze
1974
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Albert Collins
- Buddy Rich
- Jimmy McGriff Organ And Blues Band
- Brian Auger
- Ronnie Earl
- Hank Crawford
- Julie Driscoll
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