New Groove (Groove Holmes album)

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New Groove
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Studio album by
Groove Holmes
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioNew York, NY
Genre Jazz
Length35:08
Label Groove Merchant
GM 527
Producer Sonny Lester
Groove Holmes chronology
Giants of the Organ in Concert
(1973)		New Groove
(1974)		 Onsaya Joy
(1975)

New Groove is an album by American jazz organist Groove Holmes recorded in 1974 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2] [3]

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Allmusic's Matt Collar said: "New Groove is an enjoyable if minor early-'70s soul-jazz outing from organist Richard "Groove" Holmes. Featuring a mix of originals, standards, and pop tunes, the album revolves around Holmes' funky organ chops". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except where noted.

  1. "Red Onion" (Manny Albam, Richard "Groove" Holmes) – 3:44
  2. "No Trouble on the Mountain" (Leon Cook) – 3:57
  3. "Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) – 6:11
  4. "Good Vibrations" – 4:40
  5. "You've Got It Bad" (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright) – 5:22
  6. "Chu-Chu" – 5:36
  7. "How Insensitive" (Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Gimbel) – 5:43

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Richard "Groove" Holmes discography, accessed April 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 500 Series, accessed April 6, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: Album details, accessed April 6, 2018
  4. 1 2 Collar, Matt. New Groove – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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