Soul Message
| Soul Message | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1966[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 3, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:33 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 7435 | |||
| Producer | Cal Lampley | |||
| Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology | ||||
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Soul Message is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.[2]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Organist Richard "Groove" Holmes hit upon a successful formula on this Prestige session mixing together boogaloo rhythms with emotional solos... Groove Holmes shows that it is possible to create music that is both worthwhile and commercially successful".[3]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as noted
- "Groove's Groove" - 7:06
- "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) - 5:41
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 6:03
- "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 6:08
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:06
- "Soul Message" - 3:25
Personnel[edit]
- Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
- Gene Edwards - guitar
- Jimmie Smith - drums
References[edit]
- ^ "Billboard". February 5, 1966.
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 105. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
