Soul Power! Explained

Soul Power!
Type:Studio
Artist:Richard "Groove" Holmes
Cover:Soul Power!.jpg
Released:1968
Recorded:December 19, 1967
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:35
Label:Prestige
PR 7543
Producer:Cal Lampley
Chronology:Richard "Groove" Holmes
Prev Title:Get Up & Get It!
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:The Groover!
Next Year:1968

Soul Power! is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "It's relaxed and funky, organ-paced small-combo music, Holmes perhaps breaking out less of a sweat than some of his more bop-influenced and frenetic contemporaries."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Soul Power" (Richard "Groove" Holmes) - 5:50
  2. "Gimme Little Sign" (Jerry Winn, Alfred Smith, Joe Hooven) - 2:30
  3. "How Can I Be Sure" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) - 5:00
  4. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 5:35
  5. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) - 8:25
  6. "The Preacher" (Horace Silver) - 7:15
  7. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:50

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7543 Prestige Records discography
  2. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013