Groove Merchant (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Groove Merchant
| type = Studio
| artist = Jerome Richardson
| cover = Groove Merchant (album).jpg
| released = 1968
| recorded = December 8, 1967
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:08
| label = Verve
V/V6 8729
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Jerome Richardson
| prev_title = Going to the Movies
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Jazz Station Runaway
| next_year = 1996
}}
Groove Merchant is an album by saxophonist Jerome Richardson, featuring jazz versions of then-current pop hits, recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label the following year.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8700-series/#v-v6-8729 Jazzdisco: Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series]. Retrieved May 13, 2019[http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/verve.pdf Both Sides Now: Verve Label Discography]. Retrieved May 13, 2019
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000912729|title=Jerome Richardson: Groove Merchant – Listing|accessdate= May 13, 2019}}
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Track listing
- "Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 5:58
- "To Sir with Love" (Mark London, Don Black) – 3:08
- "Gimmie Little Sign" (Alfred Smith, Jerry Winn, Joseph Hooven) – 2:20
- "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) – 2:27
- "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (Neil Diamond) – 2:34
- "Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 2:35
- "Ode to Billie Joe" (Bobbie Gentry) – 2:58
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:40
- "Where Is Love" (Richardson) – 3:30
- "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:56
Personnel
- Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, bass flute
- Joe Newman, Snooky Young – trumpet
- Alan Raph – trombone
- Buddy Lucas – baritone saxophone, harmonica
- Ernie Hayes – piano, organ
- Eric Gale, Carl Lynch – guitar
- Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Warren Smith – percussion
- Benny Golson – arranger, conductor