The Mean Machine | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | New York City, NY | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:09 | |||
Label | Groove Merchant GM 3311 | |||
Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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The Mean Machine is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff recorded in 1976 and released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2][3]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Ironically enough, Mean Machine captures Jimmy McGriff at his sweetest. Employing electric piano as much as his signature organ, its grooves are disappointingly tepid, favoring a CTI-inspired smooth jazz approach at odds with McGriff's essential funkiness. Brad Baker's lush arrangements are largely to blame here, evoking the sound but not the kinetic energy of blaxploitation cinema".[4]