Blues All Day Long

Richard 'Groove' Holmes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 32. Jazz Records
• ASIN: B00002EIS5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,834 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

Richard "Groove" Holmes saturated his every utterance on the Hammond B-3 organ with tremendous feeling. This typically swinging session, recorded in 1988, profits from the urgencies contributed by jazz/blues experts Jimmy Ponder, on guitar, and Houston Person, on tenor saxophone. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pure soul!, March 15, 2000

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p dizzle "p dizzle" (augusta, georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues All Day Long (Audio CD)

mr. holmes was one of the masters of the hammond b-3 as this set attests. he melded the blues and jazz together in an endlessly swinging atmosphere, one that can't help but make you get off your seat and shake your behind! this album captures him in full roar toward the end of his life in 1988. "blues all day long" gets things off to a great start, setting the tone for the entire date. this is a soulful blues, best heard late in the evening when things are settling into a pleasant groove. "killer joe" shows mr. holmes could also handle funk/r-n-b. finally, "groove's groove" reveals just how much swing an organ can have. mr. holmes may never have gotten as much recognition as other b-3 masters like jimmy smith, jack mcduff, lonnie liston smith, or even shirley scott, but he certainly belongs in their ranks. if you can find them, his recordings for the pacific jazz label are also worth finding.