Soul Groove
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soul Groove
| type = Studio
| artist = Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee
| cover = Soul Groove.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = May 14 & 16, 1963
New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Atlantic
LP-1431
| producer =
| chronology = Matthew Gee
| prev_title = Jazz by Gee
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Johnny Griffin
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Grab This!
| prev_year = 1962
| title = Soul Groove
| year = 1963
| next_title = Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me
| next_year = 1963
}}
}}
Soul Groove is an album by saxophonist Johnny Griffin and trombonist Matthew Gee recorded in 1963 and released on the Atlantic label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/#atlantic-lp-1431 Johnny Griffin discography] accessed October 25, 2012
Reception
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| rev1 = AllMusic
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music seldom reaches ignition point on this undistinguished 1965 session... Soul Groove disappoints in several areas, including the writing that seldom surpasses head-arrangement status... The co-leaders' contributions also pass in a blur. Tenor and trombone front lines can work, but here the tone of the two instruments is too similar; Griffin and Gee's solos tend to drift and smear over one another".Todd, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-groove-mw0000012801 Allmusic Review] accessed October 25, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Matthew Gee except as indicated
- "Oh Gee" - 2:21
- "Here" - 5:10
- "At Sundown" (Lou Donaldson) - 4:51
- "The Swingers Get the Blues, Too" - 8:00
- "Twist City" - 5:22
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) - 4:59
- "Mood for Cryin'" (Aaron Bell) - 4:42
- "Renee" - 5:18
Personnel
- Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Matthew Gee - trombone
- "Big" John Patton - organ (tracks 1, 5 & 8)
- Hank Jones - piano, organ (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7)
- Aaron Bell - bass, tuba
- Art Taylor - drums
- Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas, bongos
References
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