Night Glider

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Night Glider
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Studio album by
Groove Holmes
Released1973
Recorded1973
Studio Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length33:12
Label Groove Merchant
GM 512
Producer Sonny Lester
Groove Holmes chronology
American Pie
(1972)		Night Glider
(1973)		 Giants of the Organ Come Together
(1973)

Night Glider is an album by the American jazz organist Groove Holmes recorded at New York City's Bell Sound Studios in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1]

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Reception

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Allmusic's Matt Collar wrote, "Night Glider is a solid early-'70s funk-jazz set." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Night Glider" (Horace Ott) – 5:20
  2. "Fly Jack" (Ott) – 3:34
  3. "It's Going to Take Some Time" (Carole King, Toni Stern) – 4:30
  4. "Pure Sugar Cane" (Richard "Groove" Holmes) – 4:59
  5. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 5:32
  6. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) – 4:55
  7. "Young and Foolish" (Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) – 4:22

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Richard "Groove" Holmes discography", Jazzlists. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
    - "Groove Merchant Records 500 Series", Jazzlists. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
    - "Album details", Jazzlists. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt. Night Glider – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Night Glider [Get Back] - Richard "Groove" Holmes | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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