Jimmy McGriff “Outside Looking In”

Jimmy McGriff

“Outside Looking In”
( LP Lester Radio Corporation, 1978 )
Catalog # LRC-9320

Tracklisting:
A1 – Outside Looking In
A2 – Dust Pan
A3 – Playland
B1 – Tapioca
B2 – Midnight Boogie
B3 – Walkin’ Willie

Personnel & Credits:
Bob Babbitt Bass
Brad Baker Arranger, Conductor
Don Berman Engineer
Tony Bongiovi Engineer
Bob Clearmountain Engineer
Hank Crawford Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Eddie Daniels Horn, Sax (Tenor)
Lew DelGatto Brass Arrangement
Louis del Gatto Horn
Marc Hauser Executive Producer
Bob Heimall Art Direction, Design
Neil Jason Bass
Sonny Lester Producer
Jimmy Maelen Percussion
Jimmy McGriff Organ, Keyboards
Eric Meola Cover Photo
Barry Miles Keyboards
Jeff Mironov Guitar
Jimmy Ponder Guitar
Lance Quinn Guitar, Musical Supervision
Pat Rebillot Keyboards
Jimmy Young Drums
Ronald Zito Drums

Celo’s note:
Original vinyl rip

Review:
Jimmy hits a bit of a CTI groove here — working with larger backings from Brad Baker, but still in a style that’s got a heck of a lot of soul, despite the smoothness! There’s plenty of great space for solo work on the set, and Jimmy Ponder is especially nice in the format — hitting some warmly chromatic solos that still have plenty of invention too — and which sound very sweet alongside Jimmy’s work on organ and keyboards. Other soloists include Hank Crawford and Eddie Daniels, and titles include the funky moogy classic “Tapioca”, plus “Outside Looking In”, “Dust Pan”, “Walkin Willie”, “Midnight Boogie”, and “Playland”.
By Dusty Groove

By Celo