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 (with guitarists George Freeman and O'Donell Levy, bassist Mickey Bass and drummer Marion Booker, Jr.) performs his lengthy two-part "Freedom Suite," generating a great deal of heat. Lucky Thompson, mostly on soprano, jams on three standards with keyboardist Cedar Walton, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. Thompson's hot playing (particularly on "Cherokee") makes this album worth searching for.
Friday the 13th at the Cook County Jail
George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson
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Friday the 13th at the Cook County Jail Review
by Scott Yanow
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson | 08:58 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson | 15:45 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson | 05:51 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson | 05:41 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | George Freeman / O'Donel Levy / Jimmy McGriff / Lucky Thompson | 04:29 | Amazon |
