Soul Message Explained

Soul Message
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Richard "Groove" Holmes
Cover:	Soul Message.jpg
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
Chronology:	Richard "Groove" Holmes
Prev Title:	Book of the Blues Vol. 1
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Living Soul
Next Year:	1966

Soul Message is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.^[2]

Reception

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

All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as noted

1. "Groove's Groove" - 7:06
2. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) - 5:41
3. "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 6:03
4. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 6:08
5. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:06
6. "Soul Message" - 3:25

Personnel

• Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
• Gene Edwards - guitar
• Jimmie Smith - drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. February 5, 1966.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7435 Prestige Records discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013