Living Soul

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Living Soul
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Live album by
Released1966
RecordedApril 22, 1966
Count Basie's, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length34:33
Label Prestige
PR 7468
Producer Cal Lampley
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology
Soul Message
(1965)
Living Soul
(1966)
Soul Mist!
(1966)

Living Soul is a live album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in New York in 1966 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "this is a decent trio set... The relative lack of original material and the selection of several kinda corny standards to cover holds this back from the upper echelon of Holmes' recordings". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as indicated

  1. "Living Soul" - 8:30
  2. "Blues for Yna Yna" (Gerald Wilson) - 5:12
  3. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - 5:00
  4. "Gemini" (Jimmy Heath) - 9:40
  5. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 7:00

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013