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Cherry (Jimmy McGriff album)
2026-11-15 13:31:00 · The Daily Ledger
Cherry is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy McGriff featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Solid State label.
Reception
The AllMusic site gave the album 3 stars.

Track listing
"Cherry" (Don Redman, Ray Gilbert) – 2:20
"Tequila" (Chuck Rio) – 3:07
"Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:52
"Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 2:55
"Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:20
"The Comeback" (L.C. Frazier) – 2:40
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 3:00
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 4:03
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Fields) – 3:10
"Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:05
"The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:20
Personnel
Jimmy McGriff – organ, vocals
Eric Gale – guitar solos
Everett Barksdale – rhythm guitar
Milt Hinton – bass
Grady Tate – drums
References
Solid State Records (jazz label) albums
Jimmy McGriff albums
1966 albums
Albums produced by Sonny Lester
