Soul Message
1966 studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes
Soul Message | ||||
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Studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes | ||||
Released | January 1966[1] | |||
Recorded | August 3, 1965 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 34:33 | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7435 | |||
Producer | Cal Lampley | |||
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology | ||||
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Soul Message is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Organist Richard "Groove" Holmes hit upon a successful formula on this Prestige session mixing together boogaloo rhythms with emotional solos... Groove Holmes shows that it is possible to create music that is both worthwhile and commercially successful".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as noted
- "Groove's Groove" - 7:06
- "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) - 5:41
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 6:03
- "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 6:08
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:06
- "Soul Message" - 3:25
Personnel
- Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
- Gene Edwards - guitar
- Jimmie Smith - drums
References
- ^ "Billboard". February 5, 1966.
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 105. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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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)