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Jimmy McGriff
The Mean Machine (1976)
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01) It Feels So Nice (Do It Again)
02) The Mean Machine
03) Please Don't Take Me Out
04) Get Back
05) Overweight Shark Bait
06) Pogo's Stick

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1976

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Jazz

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Ironically enough, Mean Machine captures Jimmy McGriff at his sweetest. Employing electric piano as much as his signature organ, its grooves are disappointingly tepid, favoring a CTI-inspired smooth jazz approach at odds with McGriff's essential funkiness. Brad Baker's lush arrangements are largely to blame here, evoking the sound but not the kinetic energy of blaxploitation cinema. Joe Thomas' lighter-than-air flute solos further smooth out the music's rougher edges. Worst of all, McGriff seems disengaged, doing little above and beyond going through the motions. Of course, with material as corny as titles like "Pogo's Stick" and "Overweight Shark Bait" portend, it's tough to criticize him for checking out.



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