The Main Squeeze (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Main Squeeze
| type = Album
| artist = Jimmy McGriff
| cover = The Main Squeeze (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded = 1974
| venue =
| studio = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:49
| label = Groove Merchant
GM 534
| producer = Sonny Lester
| chronology = Jimmy McGriff
| prev_title = Giants of the Organ in Concert
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Stump Juice
| next_year = 1975
}}
The Main Squeeze is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label.Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/jmd6679.htm Jimmy McGriff Discography], accessed April 4, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Groove_Merchant.htm Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series], accessed April 4, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Main_Squeeze.htm Jazzlists: Album details], accessed April 9, 2018
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
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Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Main Squeeze percolates but never quite boils over. It's a collection of short, sharp and oh-so-sincere funk workouts performed with both style and skill, the album simply plays its cards too close to the vest, controlling the groove but never giving in to it".{{AllMusic|first=Jason|last=Ankeny|class=album |id= mw0000336930 |title=Main Squeeze – Review |accessdate=April 9, 2018}}
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted
- "The Worm Turns" – 4:21
- "The Sermon" (Jimmy Smith) – 3:08
- "The Blues Train to Georgia" – 5:05
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 7:38
- "The Main Squeeze" – 3:46
- "GMI" – 4:52
- "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 5:30
- "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 4:29
Personnel
- Jimmy McGriff – organ, keyboards
- Connie Lester – alto saxophone
- Jimmy Ponder – guitar
- Eddie Gladden – drums
References
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