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Richard Groove Holmes - Soul Message (1965/2007/2014) [Official Digital Download]

Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Soul Message (1965/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 34:36 minutes | 378 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Rudy Van Gelder Remaster - 2006

Many Eastern and Midwestern musicians helped sustain the West Coast jazz scene in the ’50s and ’60s, but the only one among them who made an impact in Southern California on Hammond organ was New Jersey native Richard “Groove” Holmes. This was Holmes’s first recording for Prestige, and it both confirmed his status as one of the B-3’s leading practitioners and elevated his profile with the crossover success of "Misty".
Richard Groove Holmes - Soul Message (1965/2007/2014) [Official Digital Download]

Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Soul Message (1965/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 34:36 minutes | 378 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Rudy Van Gelder Remaster - 2006

Many Eastern and Midwestern musicians helped sustain the West Coast jazz scene in the ’50s and ’60s, but the only one among them who made an impact in Southern California on Hammond organ was New Jersey native Richard “Groove” Holmes. This was Holmes’s first recording for Prestige, and it both confirmed his status as one of the B-3’s leading practitioners and elevated his profile with the crossover success of "Misty".
Richard "Groove" Holmes - After Hours (1962) {1996 Pacific Jazz/Blue Note}

Richard "Groove" Holmes - After Hours (1962) {1996 Pacific Jazz/Blue Note}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 386 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 145 mb
Genre: jazz

After Hours is the 1962 album by American jazz organized Richard Holmes, who was also known as Richard "Groove" Holmes or simply Groove Holmes. Originally released by Pacific Jazz, this was remastered and reissued in association with Blue Note in a different order than the original LP. Its bonus tracks are songs from the 1966 album Tell It Like It Is, although the songs were recorded around the same time the songs on After Hours were.

Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons - Groovin' with Jug (1989)  Music

Posted by Oceandrop at Jan. 2, 2012
Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons - Groovin' with Jug (1989)

Richard Holmes & Gene Ammons - Groovin' with Jug (1989)
Jazz | EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG | mp3@320 | 337 MB. & 138 MB.
300dpi. Complete Scans (JPG) included | WinRar, 3% recovery
Audio CD (1989) | Label: Capitol/Pacific Jazz | Catalog# CDP-7-92930-2 | 54:33 min.

Ironically, Gene "Jug" Ammons tended to be critical of organists; he was quoted as saying that "organ players don't know any changes." However, as critical the Chicago tenor saxman might have been of organists – most of them, anyway – he did some of his best work in their presence. When you united Ammons with Jack McDuff, Johnny "Hammond" Smith and other B-3 masters in the '60s, the sparks would fly. They certainly fly on this excellent album, which finds Ammons and Richard "Groove" Holmes co-leading a soul-jazz/hard bop organ combo that also includes guitarist Gene Edwards and drummer Leroy Henderson.

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 22, 2025
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 89 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: 32 Jazz (32085)

By 1980, when Broadway was recorded, organist Richard "Groove" Holmes had already splashed onto the scene as an expansive adherent of Jimmy Smith's soul-jazz gospel, been a player in the music's modern boogaloo-acid jazz phase of the late '60s, and survived disco by dropping synthesizers into the mix. Finally arriving at the Muse label by the late '70s, Holmes settled into a loose amalgam of past proclivities, never forsaking his high musical standards and groove aesthetic. For this, his third Muse release, Holmes enlists fellow organ combo veteran Houston Person to produce and ostensibly co-lead on tenor saxophone; for his part, Holmes sublimely comps behind the soloists, electrifying the session with his fluidly nasty runs and sanctified musings on the B3…

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 22, 2025
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Broadway (1982) [Reissue 1998]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 89 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: 32 Jazz (32085)

By 1980, when Broadway was recorded, organist Richard "Groove" Holmes had already splashed onto the scene as an expansive adherent of Jimmy Smith's soul-jazz gospel, been a player in the music's modern boogaloo-acid jazz phase of the late '60s, and survived disco by dropping synthesizers into the mix. Finally arriving at the Muse label by the late '70s, Holmes settled into a loose amalgam of past proclivities, never forsaking his high musical standards and groove aesthetic. For this, his third Muse release, Holmes enlists fellow organ combo veteran Houston Person to produce and ostensibly co-lead on tenor saxophone; for his part, Holmes sublimely comps behind the soloists, electrifying the session with his fluidly nasty runs and sanctified musings on the B3…

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message (1965) {1995 OJC}  Music

Posted by TestTickles at Nov. 17, 2017
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message (1965) {1995 OJC}

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message (1965) {1995 OJC}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 197 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 87 mb
Genre: jazz

Soul Message is the 1965 album by Richard Holmes, also known as "Groove" Holmes. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelden, this was originally released on Prestige. This CD was remastered by Phil De Lancie and reissued in 1995 by Original Jazz Classics (OJC)/Fantasy Jazz.
Richard "Groove" Holmes - Six Million Dollar Man (1975) [Japanese Edition 2017]

Richard Groove Holmes - Six Million Dollar Man (1975) [Japanese Edition 2017]
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 266 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 94 MB | Covers - 12 MB
Genre: Soul Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Solid Records (CDSOL-45723)

Revered in soul-jazz circles, Richard "Groove" Holmes was an unapologetically swinging Jimmy Smith admirer who could effortlessly move from the grittiest of blues to the most sentimental of ballads. A very accessible, straightforward, and warm player, Holmes was especially popular in the black community and had been well respected on the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey circuit by the time he signed with Pacific Jazz in the early '60s. He started receiving national attention by recording with such greats as Ben Webster and Gene Ammons. Best known for his hit 1965 version of "Misty," Holmes engaged in some inspired organ battles with Jimmy McGriff in the early '70s before turning to electric keyboards and fusion-ish material a few years later. The organ was Holmes' priority in the mid- to late '80s, when he recorded for Muse (he also had stints throughout his career with Prestige Records and Groove Merchant).

Richard "Groove" Holmes - The Classic Albums Collection (2024)  Music

Posted by delpotro at July 6, 2024
Richard "Groove" Holmes - The Classic Albums Collection (2024)

Richard "Groove" Holmes - The Classic Albums Collection (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1,73 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 665 Mb | 04:48:21
Soul Jazz | Label: Enlightenment

Richard Arnold ‘Groove’ Holmes, born May 2 1931 in Camden, New Jersey, was a jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. Best known for his 1965 recording of "Misty", Holmes's first album, on Pacific Jazz with guest Ben Webster, was recorded in March 1961. He recorded albums for Pacific Jazz, Prestige, World Pacific Groove Merchant, and Muse. While Groove Holmes never attained the same kind of superstar status as fellow Hammond legend Jimmy Smith, Holmes was equally skilled in the keyboard pyrotechnics department. This collection brings together eight original LPs by this jazz maverick, all fully remastered and presented here on this new 4CD set. A pure delight for jazz fans of all stripes, this selection is both a perfect starting point for beginners, and a boon for all fans searching for this great man’s often hard to locate earliest recordings.
Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Onsaya Joy (1975) {2018, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Onsaya Joy (1975) {2018, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 296 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 106 Mb
Scans Included | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz-Funk | Solid Records #CDSOL-45746

Talkin’ about playing bass! Richard “Groove” Holmes was a master at this particular aspect of Hammond jazz. Live date Onsaya Joy finds him locking in spontaneously with Orville J. Saunders II’s guitar solo and ‘walkin’ as if supporting Fresh-era Sly Stone on a Fender bass guitar on both the title track and Horace Silver’s Song For My Father. His command of the bass pedals is a highlight of this album. The rock beat of drummer Thomas Washington Jr. is less enamouring. With all due respect, one would wish for a more delicate and experienced approach. Sweet Georgia Brown has a ferocious tempo that outdoes Jimmy Smith’s short distance runner at Club Baby Grand. And make no bones about it, the man handles it eloquently, comping competently and soloing as if a hellhound’s on his trail.