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| 1. | Go Away Little Girl
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| 2. | Young and Foolish
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| 3. | It's Impossible
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| 4. | You've Got It Bad
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| 5. | Choo Choo
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| 6. | How Insensitive
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| 7. | Red Onion
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| 8. | No Trouble on the Mountain
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| 9. | Meditation
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| 10. | Good Vibration
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| 11. | It's Going to Take Some Time
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| 12. | Groove's Groove
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Jazz / Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Keyboards, Organ
Eddie Daniels - Flute, Sax (Tenor)
* Manny Albam - Arranger, Conductor
* Sonny Lester - Producer
This killer little Groove Holmes date was produced by the mighty Sonny Lester, and features a big band arranged and conducted by Manny Albam. Other than Holmes, the only other soloist credited here is Eddie Daniels on tenor and flute. The material here is curious upon first glance, with covers of Gerry Goffin's "Go Away Little Girl," Stevie Wonder's "You've Got It Bad," and Carole King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" situated around some hard soul-jazz numbers by the organist, including "Groove's Groove," along with Norman Gimbel's sweet ballad "How Insensitive" and slippery little soul tune "Meditation." Add to this deep soul readings of Al Hague's standard "Young and Foolish" and Armando Manzanero's Latin bouncer "It's Impossible," and you have a program that might not work at all. But it does. Holmes is in fine form, slippery and breezy as ever, never bogging down. Albam's arrangements are not overly ornate and Daniels, normally a pristine and very studied player, lets loose a bit here -- especially on tenor. One would wish for credits on who the session's guitarist is, but alas, it's not to be -- but whoever he is, he's a burner too, able to trade licks with Groove without seams or cracks. For Holmes fans, this is a taste of something different to be sure, but it's also a great listen.
--- 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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