Living Soul Explained

Living Soul
Type:Live album
Artist:Richard "Groove" Holmes
Cover:Living Soul.jpg
Released:1966
Recorded:April 22, 1966
Count Basie's, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:34:33
Label:Prestige
PR 7468
Producer:Cal Lampley
Chronology:Richard "Groove" Holmes
Prev Title:Soul Message
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Soul Mist!
Next Year:1966

Living Soul is a live album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in New York in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "this is a decent trio set... The relative lack of original material and the selection of several kinda corny standards to cover holds this back from the upper echelon of Holmes' recordings".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as indicated

  1. "Living Soul" - 8:30
  2. "Blues for Yna Yna" (Gerald Wilson) - 5:12
  3. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - 5:00
  4. "Gemini" (Jimmy Heath) - 9:40
  5. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 7:00

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7468 Prestige Records discography
  2. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013