Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail

Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail is a live split album recorded at Cook County Jail in October 1972 featuring performances by jazz organist Jimmy McGriff's Quintet with guitarists George Freeman and O'Donel Levy, and saxophonist Lucky Thompson's Quartet which was released on the Groove Merchant label.[1][2][3]

Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail
Live album by
Jimmy McGriff with George Freeman + O'Donel Levy/Lucky Thompson
Released1973
RecordedOctober 13, 1972
VenueCook County Jail, Chicago, ILL
GenreJazz
Length40:44
LabelGroove Merchant
GM 515
ProducerSonny Lester
Jimmy McGriff chronology
Fly Dude
(1972)		 Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail
(1973)		 Giants of the Organ Come Together
(1973)
Lucky Thompson chronology
Goodbye Yesterday
(1973)		 Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail
(1973)		 I Offer You
(1973)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "This album contains two separate sets that were both performed before inmates at the Cook County Jail one day in 1972. Organist Jimmy McGriff and his quintet performs his lengthy two-part "Freedom Suite," generating a great deal of heat. Lucky Thompson, mostly on soprano, jams on three standards ... Thompson's hot playing (particularly on "Cherokee") makes this album worth searching for".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy McGriff except where noted

  1. "Freedom Suite (Part 1) – 8:58
  2. "Freedom Suite (Part 2) – 15:45
  3. "Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:51
  4. "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 5:41
  5. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 4:29

Personnel

Tracks 1 & 2:

Tracks 3–5:

References
  1. Payne, D. Jimmy McGriff Discography, accessed April 4, 2018
  2. Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed April 4, 2018
  3. Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 4, 2018
  4. Yanow, Scott. Friday the 13th at the Cook County Jail – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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