Christmas with McGriff explained

Christmas with McGriff
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy McGriff
Cover:	Christmas with McGriff.jpg
Released:	November 1963
Recorded:	1963
Studio:	New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:05
Label:	Sue LP /STLP 1018
Producer:	Juggy Murray
Chronology:	Jimmy McGriff
Prev Title:	Jimmy McGriff at the Apollo
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Jimmy McGriff at the Organ
Next Year:	1964

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 Billboards Christmas Record Album chart on December 26, 1964.^[6]

Track listing

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

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Rudolph Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Larry Frazier – guitar
• Willie "Saint" Jenkins – drums

Notes and References

1. Callahan, M. and Edwards, D. Sue Album Discography, accessed August 5, 2019
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Jimmy_Mcgriff.htm Jazzlists: Jimmy McGriff discography
3. http://www.bluenote.com/artist/jimmy-mcgriff/ Blue Note: Jimmy McGriff
4. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Sue_1000.htm Jazzlists: Sue Records 1000 series discography
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.