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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[5]

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

References

  1. ^ “Billboard”. February 5, 1966.
  2. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 105. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.