Soul Power!

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Soul Power!
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Studio album by
Released1968
RecordedDecember 19, 1967
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length40:35
Label Prestige
PR 7543
Producer Cal Lampley
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology
Get Up & Get It!
(1967)
Soul Power!
(1968)
The Groover!
(1968)

Soul Power! is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes, which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album three and a half stars, stating, "It's relaxed and funky, organ-paced small-combo music, Holmes perhaps breaking out less of a sweat than some of his more bop-influenced and frenetic contemporaries." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Soul Power" (Richard "Groove" Holmes) - 5:50
  2. "Gimme Little Sign" (Jerry Winn, Alfred Smith, Joe Hooven) - 2:30
  3. "How Can I Be Sure" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) - 5:00
  4. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 5:35
  5. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 8:25
  6. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) - 7:15
  7. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:50

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 6, 2013
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013