VA — Groovy Jazz Organ (Remastered) (2014) FLAC/MP3

The organ can often take a back seat in the pecking order of great jazz instruments but underappreciate it at your peril! The likes of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Booker T. and Bill Doggett, to name but a few, made the instrument their own while crafting jazz cuts of dazzling brilliance.

This release is pretty much what you\’d expect, three discs comprising 36 tracks (all remastered) of classic funky Hammond organ from all the people you would associate with it from the 1950s and into the \’60s. Yes, \»Green Onions\», \»I\’ve Got A Woman\», \»Lullaby Of Birdland\» and \»All About My Girl\» are here, but so are so many more lesser-known tunes.

:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc 1

1. Jimmy McGriff — All About My Girl (3:57)

2. \’Baby Face\’ Willette — Face to Face (6:51)

3. Milt Buckner — The Beast (2:29)

4. Freddie Roach — De Bug (6:41)

5. Larry Young — Minor Dream (5:03)

6. Mel Rhyne — Shoo, Shoo Baby (8:43)

7. Fred Jackson feat. Earl Van Dyke — Southern Exposure (6:55)

8. Lou Donaldson feat. \’Big\’ John Patton — Spaceman Twist (5:37)

9. Phil Upchurch Combo feat. Cornell Muldrow — You Can\’t Sit Down (4:15)

10. Johnny \’Hammond\’ Smith feat. Willis Jackson — Neckbones (6:12)

11. Bill Doggett — King Bee (2:41)

12. Booker T. & The M.G.\’s — Green Onions (2:53)

Disc 2

1. Jimmy Smith — Walk on the Wild Side (5:57)

2. Jack McDuff — Whap! (4:24)

3. Fred Jackson feat. Earl Van Dyke — Hootin\’ \’N Tootin\’ (4:31)

4. Richard \’Groove\’ Holmes — This Here (4:08)

5. Jimmy McGriff — I\’ve Got a Woman (Part 1) (2:34)

6. Ed Lincoln — Carioca (2:15)

7. Jackie Davis — What\’s the Trouble? (5:19)

8. Shirley Scott — Hip Twist (5:18)

9. \’Wild\’ Bill Davis — Lullaby of Birdland (3:18)

10. Phil Upchurch Combo — Organ Boogie (1:46)

11. Jimmy Smith — The Champ (8:30)

12. Esquivel — The 3rd Man Theme (2:26)

Disc 3

1. Jack McDuff — The Honeydripper (8:14)

2. Shirley Scott — It Could Happen to You (4:33)

3. Lou Bennett et son orchestre — Hit the Road Jack (1:34)

4. Richard \’Groove\’ Holmes — Sweatin\’ (4:36)

5. Dave \’Baby\’ Cortez — Summer (2:58)

6. Johnny \’Hammond\’ Smith — Rip Tide (4:48)

7. Milt Buckner — D.T.\’s (3:31)

8. Lou Donaldson feat. \’Big\’ John Patton — Nice \’N\’ Greasy (5:26)

9. Larry Young — Talkin\’ About J.C. (5:57)

10. Freddie Roach — Ahm Miz (5:49)

11. Bill Doggett — Deed I Do (2:53)

12. \’Baby Face\’ Willette — Jumpin\’ Jupiter (5:17)

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