Christmas with McGriff is an album of christmas music by organist Jimmy McGriff recorded and released by Sue Records in 1963.[1][2][3][4][5] It charted for one week peaking at #30 on Billboard's Christmas Record Album chart on December 26, 1964.[6]
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| Released | November 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Studio | New York City, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:05 | |||
| Label | Sue LP /STLP 1018 | |||
| Producer | Juggy Murray | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [7] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [8] |
Track listing
editAll compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:14
- "Christmas with McGriff" – 5:52
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Tommie Connor) – 6:35
- "Hip Santa" – 3:05
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 5:10
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:33
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 5:04
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 3:34
Personnel
edit- Jimmy McGriff – organ
- Rudolph Johnson – tenor saxophone
- Larry Frazier – guitar
- Willie "Saint" Jenkins – drums
References
edit- ^ Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Sue Album Discography, accessed August 5, 2019
- ^ Jazzlists: Jimmy McGriff discography, accessed April 25, 2017
- ^ Blue Note: Jimmy McGriff, accessed August 5, 2019
- ^ Jazzlists: Sue Records 1000 series discography, accessed August 5, 2019
- ^ Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff: A Discography: 1960 - 1965, accessed August 5, 2019
- ^ "Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 52, December 26, 1964, p. 36. worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ Jimmy McGriff: Christmas with McGriff – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 972. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.