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| 1. | Why Don't You Do Right?
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| 2. | Ain't That Peculiar
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| 3. | In Between The Heartaches
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| 4. | Function At The Junction
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| 5. | On Green Dolphin Street
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| 6. | I Will Wait For You
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| 7. | (back Home Again In) Indiana
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| 8. | Tennessee Waltz
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| 9. | Bluesette
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| 10. | Super Soul
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| 11. | Soul Power
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| 12. | How Can I Be Sure?
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| 13. | Sunny
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| 14. | Since I Fell For You
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| 15. | The Preacher
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| 16. | Girl Talk
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Jazz
with Dave Blume, Ben Dixon, Jimmy Lewis, Wally Richardson, Steve Wolfe
In 1967, when the two LPs that comprise this CD were recorded, organist extraordinaire Richard "Groove" Holmes was still riding high from his 1966 hit single "Misty," which climbed to number 12 on Billboard’s R&B chart. One of the top names in "soul-jazz," Holmes (1931-1991) was a big man with a sound commensurate with his size. On the first ten selections herein, Holmes grooves in front of a first-call Chicago big band arranged and conducted by Richard Evans, best known for his work with pianists Ahmad Jamal and Ramsey Lewis; on the remainder of this collection the organist fronts a sextet featuring tasty guitarist Wally Richardson. The repertoire tends toward soul and pop hits of the day ("Ain't That Peculiar," "Sunny"), but there are also the straight-ahead Groove-ers ("On Green Dolphin Street, "The Preacher," "I Will Wait for You") and low-lights ballads ("In Between the Heartaches," "Since I Fell for You") that won Holmes the kind of popularity not customarily associated with true jazz players.
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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