Capricorn, the jazz, funk n’ soul band I ran for some years, used to play Jimmy McGriff’s wonderfully funkified ‘The Worm’.
I’ve been collecting chunks of recordings by cats like Groove Holmes and Jimmy Smith, and have been feeling the urge to splurge on organ-meister McGriff.
I absolutely love the early Solid State album covers, particularly A Bag Full of Soul. That’s got to be made into a funky tee-shirt for my collection.
Well, I splurged. On the excellently useful cdsvinyljapan website, my go-to source for anything that can’t be had cheaper at Amazon or Discogs.
Trying to get this lot via Amazon UK would’ve cost me circa £75 – see above – and that’s for just three – only half! – of the albums in this order. The others being currently unavailable…
Every which way you spin this, the cdsvinyljapan order comes out top trumps. Even with a hefty £17 shipping charge.
This still leaves huge chunks of Mr McGriff’s recorded catalogue to be explored. I’m most interested in the Solid State and Groove Merchant stuff, plus a few odds and ends on labels like Blue Note and United Artists.
