RIP Jimmy McGriff

Hammond B3 organist Jimmy McGriff, who died the other day aged 72, was one of the leading exponents of organ-based soul/jazz in the 60s, along with Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Richard Groove Holmes, and his singles and LPs on the UK Sue label have become highly collectable. Jimmy was best known for I've Got a Woman and The Last Minute and albums such as Blues for Mister Jimmy and a Bag Full of Soul. I haven't seen any obits in the UK press yet but here's one from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052703078.htm

Here's Jimmy's obituary in The Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4044987.ece