Misty (Richard "Groove" Holmes album)

Misty
Studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes
Released	1966
Recorded	August 3, 1965, July 7, 1966 and August 12, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:20
Label	Prestige PR 7485
Producer	Cal Lampley
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology
Soul Mist! (1966) Misty (1966) Spicy! (1966)

Misty is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1966, with one track from 1965, and released on the Prestige label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "In the mid-'60s, organist Richard "Groove" Holmes had a hit with his medium-tempo rendition of "Misty." This CD reissue has the original short version (which was cut as a 45) plus other medium-tempo ballads performed in similar fashion... the organist's sound is more appealing than some of the tunes". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:24
2. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:54
3. "What Now, My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) - 5:29
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:57
5. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 1:58
6. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 8:01
7. "Strangers in the Night" (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) - 2:22
8. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Gordon, Warren) - 7:42

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 3, 1965 (track 5), July 7, 1966 (tracks 1−3) and August 12, 1966 (track 4 & 6−8)

Personnel

• Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
• Gene Edwards - guitar
• George Randall (tracks 1−4 & 6−8), Jimmie Smith (track 5) - drums

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 105. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 720. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.