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| 1. | Themes from Star Wars / Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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| 2. | Carry on Wayward Son
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| 3. | You Light Up My Life
From Heroes
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| 4. | Gonna Fly Now
From Rocky
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| 5. | Nobody Does It Better
From the Spy Who Loved Me
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Jazz
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Korg Synthesizer, Organ
Charles Stephens - Trombone
Doug Wilson - Drums, Guest Appearance
Earl Gardner - Trumpet
Jim Buffington - French Horn
Karen Joseph - Flute, Flute (Alto), Guest Appearance, Piccolo
Lew Soloff - Trumpet
Lollie Bienenfeld - Trombone
Mario E. Sprouse - Arranger, Conductor, Cowbell, Fender Rhodes, Korg Synthesizer, Piano
Phillip Read Mason - Percussion
Ray Alonge - French Horn
Wayne Morrison - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
* Chuck Stewart - Photography
* George Klabin - Engineer
* John Standish - Assistant Engineer
* Vic Chirumbo - Producer
Corny and gimmicky as hell but still a strange charmer in its own right is this "soundtrack" set of funky movie music and pop tunes from Richard "Groove" Holmes. Recorded in 1977, Holmes is accompanied by a studio orchestra hosting a six-piece brass section (which includes trumpeter Lew Soloff), a flutist, a rhythm section that features sundry percussion, and Mario E. Sprouse on Rhodes and piano. Beginning with a medley of themes from Star Wars and Close Encounters, the orchestra all but blazes over Holmes, but he does manage a sweet little solo and some hip fills. "Carry on My Wayward Son" (yeah, the Kansas tune) is simply surreal with its staggered French horns and trombones with flute and B3 interludes. But it gets even cheesier with a faux classical intro to a nearly ten-minute "You Light Up My Life" that makes no sense at all here except for kitsch value. Yeah. Whoa. But the long tunes don't stop there, as Holmes and band sprint through a sprightly yet lengthy (over ten minutes!) light funk read of "Gonna Fly Now" from the Rocky soundtrack that is the finest track on the set, with Holmes digging into his solo with gritty verve. It closes with the Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch tune "Nobody Does It Better" (a hit for Carly Simon) which sounds like an elevator music version. Whatever Groove Holmes was thinking when he made this should have made him think again. Strange, campy, bad in all the right places -- this one is for collectors and novelty freaks only.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: May 02, 1931 in Camden, NJ
Died: Jun 29, 1991 in St. Louis, MO
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Revered in soul-jazz circles, Richard "Groove" Holmes was an unapologetically swinging Jimmy Smith admirer who could effortlessly move from the grittiest of blues to the most sentimental of ballads. Holmes, a very accessible, straightforward and warm player who was especially popular in the black community, had been well respected on the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey circuit by the time he signed with Pacific Jazz in the early '60s and started receiving national attention by recording with such greats as Ben Webster and Gene Ammons. Holmes, best known for his hit 1965 version of "Misty," engaged in some inspired organ battles with Jimmy McGriff in the early '70s before turning to electric keyboards and fusion-ish material a few years later. The organ was Holmes' priority in the mid- to late '80s, when he recorded for Muse. Holmes was still delivering high-quality soul-jazz for that label (often featuring tenor titan Houston Person) when a heart attack claimed his life at the age of 60 in 1991.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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