Groove Grease

Groove Grease is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Groove Merchant label.

Reception
Allmusic's Rob Theakston said: "This 1971 session finds McGriff continuing to do like so many other jazz musicians of the time: embrace and adapt to the emergence of funk and soul into mainstream music, and recontextualize it in a jazz arena. The results are an unsurprisingly delicious slice of jazz-funk made from the finest ingredients. ... While McGriff's adventurous side is slightly tamed, it's that willingness to improv and blend together as a cohesive unit that makes Groove Grease such a tasty statement that is consistently fresh with repeated listenings".

Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
 * 1) "Groove Grease" – 3:33
 * 2) "The Bird" (Jimmy McGriff, Sonny Lester) – 3:14
 * 3) "Plain Brown Bag" – 3:36
 * 4) "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:48
 * 5) "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:30
 * 6) "Mr. Lucky" (Henry Mancini) – 3:44
 * 7) "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) – 3:24
 * 8) "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:07
 * 9) "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32

Personnel

 * Jimmy McGriff – organ
 * Murray Watson – trumpet
 * Cliff Davis – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Johnny Beard – baritone saxophone, flute
 * Horace Ott – electric piano
 * Everett Barksdale, Wayne Bennett – guitar
 * Richard Davis, Richard Evans – bass
 * Marion J. Booker – drums
 * Lawrence Killian – percussion