The Groover!
1968 studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes
The Groover! | ||||
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Studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | February 14, 1968 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:22 | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7570 | |||
Producer | Cal Lampley | |||
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology | ||||
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The Groover! is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Holmes acquits himself well, if with few surprises, on this trio session".[2]
Track listing
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) - 7:02
- "Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:05
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:15
- "The Walrus" (George Freeman) - 8:20
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 5:35
- "My Scenery" (Freeman) - 4:05
Personnel
- Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
- George Freeman (tracks 1-4), Earl Maddox (tracks 5 & 6) - guitar
- Billy Jackson - drums
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 6, 2013
- ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 6, 2013
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Groove (1961)
- After Hours (1961 & 1962)
- Tell It Like It Tis (1961 & 1962)
- Somethin' Special (with Les McCann, 1962)
- Soul Message (1965)
- Misty (1965 & 1966)
- Soul Mist! (1966)
- Spicy! (1966)
- Super Soul (1967)
- Get Up & Get It! (1967)
- Soul Power! (1967)
- The Groover! (1968)
- That Healin' Feelin' (1968)
- Welcome Home (1968)
- Comin' On Home (1971)
- American Pie (1972)
- Night Glider (1973)
- Giants of the Organ Come Together (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973)
- New Groove (1974)
- Six Million Dollar Man (1975)
- Shippin' Out (1977)
- Groovin' with Jug (with Gene Ammons, 1961)
- Living Soul (1966)
- Giants of the Organ in Concert (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973)
- Onsaya Joy (1974)