The Groover (Jimmy McGriff album) explained

Movin' Upside the Blues
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy McGriff
Cover:	The Groover (Jimmy McGriff album).jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	June 24, 1982
Studio:	Right Track Recording, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:16
Label:	Jazz America Marketing (JAM) JAM 009
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Jimmy McGriff
Prev Title:	Movin' Upside the Blues
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Countdown
Next Year:	1983

The Groover is an album by organist Jimmy McGriff, recorded in 1982 and released on the Jazz America Marketing (JAM) label.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

The Washington Posts Mike Joyce wrote: "Jazz organist Jimmy McGriff demonstrates on The Groover that no musician has a monopoly on the blues. Certainly not these blues -- the late-night, after-hours kind that once routinely spilled from tired jukeboxes at closing time ... The Groover lives up to its title and a tradition well worth renewing".^[4]

Track listing

1. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:30
2. "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:00
3. "Soft" (Tiny Bradshaw) – 5:43
4. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) – 4:57
5. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:40
6. "This One's for Ray" (Jimmy McGriff) – 8:26

Personnel

• • Jimmy McGriff – organ, Fender Rhodes piano, piano Arnold Sterling – alto saxophone
• Billy Butler – guitar
• Bob Cranshaw – electric bass
• Belton Evans − drums
• Ray Mantilla – percussion

Notes and References

1. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed October 22, 2018
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_JAM.htm Jazzlists: Jazz America Marketing (JAM) LP discography
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Groover_JM.htm Jazzlists: album info
4. Joyce, M. Jimmy McGriff: Basically, It's the Blues, Washington Post, December 10, 1982, accessed October 22, 2018