Jimmy McGriff

Hammond organ · 1936–2008 · Philadelphia

Son of two pianists, Jimmy McGriff was a bassist with Big Maybelle and a police officer before switching to organ around 1956, a student of Richard "Groove" Holmes. He claims a music that came from church and blues.

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Styles

• Soul jazz, boogaloo

Landmark tracks

• I've Got a Woman (1962)

Sources

• Source

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