Organ Grinder Swing is a 1965 studio album by Jimmy Smith. It marked a return to the trio ensemble that Smith used on the Blue Note recordings earlier in his career.

AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated:

This outing is a throwback to Smith's Blue Note sets (which had concluded two years earlier) and gives the organist the opportunity to stretch out on three blues and three standards. This release shows that, even with all of his commercial success during the period, Smith was always a masterful jazz player. - Wikipedia

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Christmas '64 is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Smith's only album of Christmas music, it was reissued as Christmas Cookin' in 1966.

A review on AllMusic said that "Compared to most Christmas albums, this is plenty groovy, with lots of Smith's trademark dexterity and bop runs on offer." - Wikipedia

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#jimmysmith #jazzorgan #kennyburrell #gradytate #ververecords #creedtaylor #rudyvangelder #xmasmusic #xmasjazz

Welcomed sleep and then greeted Thor's day after a swim with Sweet Rain a jazz album by Stan Getz, released on the Verve record label in 1967.

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states that Sweet Rain is "one of Stan Getz's all-time greatest albums," and "the quartet's level of musicianship remains high on every selection, and the marvelously consistent atmosphere the album evokes places it among Getz's very best. A surefire classic". - Wikipedia

#stangetz #cooljazz #jazz #chickcorea #roncarter #gradytate #ververecords

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GRADY TATE ...MOONDANCE

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Milt Jackson - Ain’t But a Few of Us Left

Another Pablo gem with Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Grady Tate.

I don’t know whether Brown was playing an electric bass here, but there’s certainly a lot of bass oomph on this particular recording.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #miltjackson #oscarpeterson #raybrown #gradytate #pablorecords

Be Black, Baby

Grady Tate · Song · 2010

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I was just thinking how wild it is that #GenXers grew up with so much #childrensprogramming that had #jazz based #music :
#VinceGuaraldi numbers in the #CharlieBrown #TV specials
#MrRogersNeighborhood filled with #piano music from #FredRogers and #JohnnyCosta
#SchoolhouseRock which had many #jazz artists featured like #BobDorough , #BlossomDearie , #GradyTate and #JackSheldon
What am I forgetting, y’all?