Modern Groove Syndicate is a funk band based in Richmond, Virginia.
Members include Daniel Clarke – keyboard (who has toured with Mandy Moore and k.d. lang), Joel DeNunzio - drums, Todd Herrington - bass, JC Kuhl – sax (former member of Agents of Good Roots), and Trey Pollard - guitar. Frank Jackson -guitar
The band was an Independent Music Awards finalist in 2004 and winner in 2005 with "Too Good That It's Gone" as Best Jazz Song.[1] Modern Groove Syndicate was given Richmond Magazine|Richmond Magazine's 2007 Theresa Pollack Award for excellence in the arts (ensemble.Named Virginia's Best Jazz Band in NineVolt Magazine poll Feb. 22, 2004.
Releases on Courthouse Records: First release, self-titled, Feb. 15, 2002, CH 1001. Second release, Vessel, Feb. 10, 2004, CH 0903, licensed for release in Japan, May 9, 2007, PVCP-8804, with another coverart on P-VINE Records. Their first CD was a double entry in the 45th Grammies..