01. Back On The Track
02. Chris Cross
03. Miss Poopie
04. The Bird Wave
05. Spear For Moondog, Pt. 1
06. Spear For Moondog, Pt. 2
07. Tight Times
08. Spinning Wheel
09. Funky Junk

Personnel:
Jimmy McGriff (organ); 
Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); 
Blue Mitchell (trumpet); 
Horace Ott (piano, electric piano).

McGriff, often considered jazz's finest organist after Jimmy Smith, always recorded his fair share of R&B and cheese, and considered himself more of a bluesman than a jazzman, anyway. As it is, the cheese has aged better than most of his music and he is no doubt raking in the sampling bucks as tracks such as "The Worm" (not included here) pop up on many a rapper's c.v. Funk used to be about authenticity of the street; now it's about the plushness of the lounge, and this album, originally recorded in 1969 for one of Sonny Lester's many labels, is a cornerstone of blaxploitation/cop show jazz. That, in itself, will tell you whether you'd like it. ---D. Strauss, Editorial Reviews

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A1		Skywalk	8:43
A2		Easy Time	7:53
A3		Motoring Along	3:07
B1		Let's Stay Together	7:56
B2		Barb' Wine	7:25
B3		Jersey Bounce	5:32

Jimmy McGriff – Hammond B3 organ
Glenn Kaye, Michael Ridley – trumpet
Dominick Carelli – trombone 
Bill Easley – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Arnold Sterling – alto saxophone 
Coy Shockley – tenor saxophone
James Brundige – baritone saxophone 
Jimmy Ponder, Wayne Boyd – guitar
Don Williams − drums

Organist Jimmy McGriff's second Milestone recording is his only one for the label that has not yet been reissued on CD. Heard with a nonet on three numbers, a quintet on two songs, and an 11-piece outfit during his "Skywalk," McGriff is in his usual fine form on such tunes as "Jersey Bounce" and "Let's Stay Together." Outside of altoist Bill Easley and guitarist Jimmy Ponder, the sidemen are pretty obscure, although quite capable in this setting. ---Scott Yanow, allmusic.com

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1 	Tailgunner	5:38
2 	Bullfrog	5:45
3 	Sky Hawk	5:58
4 	Flexible Flyer	6:09
5 	Grandma's Toe Jam	6:09
6 	Starlite Ballroom, Hot Licks Band Stomp		5:47

Bass – Babbitt, Francisco Centano, Will Lee
Conductor [Orchestra] – Brad Baker
Drums – Alan Schwartzberg, Jimmy Young, Ron Zito
Flute [Solo] – George Young
Guitar – Jerry Friedman, Jimmy Ponder, Lance Quinn
Horns – Alan Rubin, Barry Rogers, Dave Taylor, Eddie Danials, George Young, Joe Randazzo, John Sheply,
 Jack Frosk, Lew Delgatto, Marvin Stamm, Dominic Menardo, Randy Brecker
Keyboards – Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin, Ralph Schuckett
Percussion – Jimmy Maelen, Rubens Bassini
Saxophone [Alto, Tenor, Solos] – George Young 
Strings – Gene Orloff, Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Harry Lookofsky, Jesse Levy, Julian Barber,
 Paul Gershman, Richard Locker, Richard Maximoff, W. Sanford Allen, Tony Posk
Vocals – Al Downing, Denise Wooten, Patricia Johnson

Jimmy McGriff, one of the all-time giants of the Hammond B-3, Jimmy McGriff sometimes gets lost amid all the great soul-jazz organists from his hometown of Philadelphia. He was almost certainly the bluesiest of the major soul-jazz pioneers, and indeed, he often insisted that he was more of a blues musician than a jazz artist; nonetheless, he remained eclectic enough to blur the lines of classification. His sound -- deep, down-to-earth grooves drenched in blues and gospel feeling -- made him quite popular with R&B audiences, even more so than some of his peers; what was more, he was able to condense those charms into concise, funky, jukebox-ready singles that often did surprisingly well on the R&B charts.

McGriff spent much of the '70s trying to keep pace with the fusion movement, switching to various electric keyboards and adopting an increasingly smooth, polished style. As the '80s dawned, McGriff gave up trying to sound contemporary and returned to his classic organ-trio sound; as luck would have it, vintage soul-jazz soon came back into vogue with a devoted cult of fans and critics, and McGriff was able to recover his creative vitality and take his place as one of the genre's elder statesmen.---bluenote.com

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