Black Pearl (Jimmy McGriff album) explained

Black Pearl
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Jimmy McGriff
Cover:	Black Pearl (Jimmy McGriff album).jpg
Released:	1971
Recorded:	1971
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Sonny Lester
Chronology:	Jimmy McGriff
Prev Title:	Something to Listen To
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Jimmy McGriff with Junior Parker
Next Year:	1971

Black Pearl is a live album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in New Jersey in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except as indicated

1. "Black Pearl" (Pierre Daniel, Sonny Lester)
2. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington)
3. "Man from Bad"
4. "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry)
5. "Groove Alley"
6. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington)

• • Recorded live at The Golden Slipper in Newark, New Jersey in early 1971.

Personnel

• Jimmy McGriff - organ
• Ronald White - trumpet
• Joseph Morris - alto saxophone
• Arthur "Fats" Theus - tenor saxophone
• William Thorpe - baritone saxophone
  • O'Donel "Butch" Levy - guitar Willie "Saint" Jenkins - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4300-series/#bst-84374 Blue Note Records discography