Cat No GH66704

Hammond organ star Jimmy McGriff’s outstanding 1971 album, “Soul Sugar”, is issued here on CD for the first time. Recorded in New York it features Cliff Davis (fl, ts), Murray Watson (tp), Johnny Board (bs), Horace Ott (el-p), Larry Frazier (g), Richard Davis (el-b), Lawrence Killian (conga, tambourine), Marion J. Booker (d). As a bonus, Groove Hut have included the complete Jimmy McGriff LP “Groove Grease” recorded in 1971 - with much the same band except Everett Barksdale (g) replaces Frazier, and Wyne Bennett (g) is added. This is a special remastered, digipak edition - Total Time: 64:31.

“Soul Sugar brings Jimmy McGriff into the jazz-rock scene with a new band so driving that it marks the beginning of a new musical expressionism for Jimmy. And that’s something for a guy who’s done it all, played it all, and invented a lot of it. This album is so right it will leave you begging for more long after you’ve worn it out. But if you’re lucky, Jimmy and his new band will be playing a club in your area, for they’re on tour fifty-two weeks a year. Stop in and listen to some live Soul Sugar.” (From the original liner notes).