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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 27 > Blues organist Jimmy McGriff gained acclaim across musical boundaries

Blues organist Jimmy McGriff gained acclaim across musical boundaries

By Jocelyn Y. Stewart / The Bulletin
May 27, 2008

Jimmy McGriff, the acclaimed blues organist, who scored his first hit in the 1960s with an instrumental arrangement of “I’ve Got A Woman,” then continued to record hard swinging grooves that appealed to audiences across musical boundaries, died Saturday at a nursing....

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