Soul Message
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{{Infobox album
| name = Soul Message
| type = Studio
| artist = Richard "Groove" Holmes
| cover = Soul Message.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1966{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ew8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+richard+holmes+soul+message&pg=PA40|title=Billboard|date=February 5, 1966}}
| recorded = August 3, 1965
| venue =
| 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7435 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 3, 2013
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/105 105]
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=720}}
}}
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".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-message-mw0000267654 Allmusic listing] accessed May 3, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Richard "Groove" Holmes except as noted
- "Groove's Groove" - 7:06
- "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) - 5:41
- "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 6:03
- "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 6:08
- "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 6:06
- "Soul Message" - 3:25
Personnel
- Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
- Gene Edwards - guitar
- Jimmie Smith - drums
References
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Category:Richard Holmes (organist) albums
Category:Prestige Records albums