Jimmy Mcgriff
USA
Born: 03 April 1936
Died: 24 May 2008
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Piano Blues, Bop
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One of the all-time giants of the Hammond B-3, Jimmy McGriff sometimes gets lost amid all the great soul-jazz organists from his hometown of Philadelphia. He was almost certainly the bluesiest of the major soul-jazz pioneers, and indeed, he often insisted that he was more of a blues musician than a jazz artist; nonetheless, he remained eclectic enough to blur the lines of classification. His sound -- deep, down-to-earth grooves drenched in blues and gospel feeling -- made him quite popular with R&B audiences, even more so than some of his peers...
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