Christmas with McGriff

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]

Christmas with McGriff
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1963
Recorded1963
StudioNew York City, NY
GenreJazz
Length36:05
LabelSue
LP /STLP 1018
ProducerJuggy Murray
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Jimmy McGriff at the Apollo
(1963)
Christmas with McGriff
(1963)
Jimmy McGriff at the Organ
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[8]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

  1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:14
  2. "Christmas with McGriff" – 5:52
  3. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Tommie Connor) – 6:35
  4. "Hip Santa" – 3:05
  5. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 5:10
  6. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:33
  7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 5:04
  8. "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

  1. ^ Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Sue Album Discography, accessed August 5, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Jimmy McGriff discography, accessed April 25, 2017
  3. ^ Blue Note: Jimmy McGriff, accessed August 5, 2019
  4. ^ Jazzlists: Sue Records 1000 series discography, accessed August 5, 2019
  5. ^ Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff: A Discography: 1960 - 1965, accessed August 5, 2019
  6. ^ "Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 52, December 26, 1964, p. 36. worldradiohistory.com.
  7. ^ Jimmy McGriff: Christmas with McGriff – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 972. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.