Groove Funk Soul

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Groove Funk Soul
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Studio album by Joe Castro
Released 1960
Recorded July 18 & 19, 1959
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Atlantic
LP 1324
Joe Castro chronology
Mood Jazz
(1957) Mood Jazz1957		Groove Funk Soul
(1959)		Lush Life
(1960)Lush Life1960

Groove Funk Soul was the second album led by American jazz pianist Joe Castro which was released on the Atlantic label in 1960. [1]

Joseph Armand "Joe" Castro was an American bebop jazz pianist, based primarily on the West Coast of the United States.

Atlantic Records American record label

Atlantic Recording Corporation is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Led Zeppelin and Yes.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic gave the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Groove Funk Soul" (Joe Castro) - 5:38
  2. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 7:19
  3. "Day Dream" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, John La Touche) - 6:59
  4. "It Could Happen To You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:31
  5. "Play Me the Blues" (Teddy Edwards) - 9:17
  6. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 5:12

Personnel

Piano musical instrument

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Teddy Edwards American musician

Theodore Marcus Edwards was an American jazz tenor saxophonist on the west coast of the U.S.

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References

  1. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 Series accessed October 19, 2015
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed October 19, 2015
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