When you consider it, all jazz is created by good vibrations; bristled reeds, plucked strings, the ringing force of air trapped in brass. But if jazz organ players don't create good vibrations...well, they're just not jazz organ players. Because perhaps more than any other jazz hallmark, the organ sound must virtually rattle your teeth to get over: dig you into its moving bass line, assault you with its droning, gritty top, and set you nodding, popping, even...vibrating.
Which is exactly where this new offering from one of organ's greats, Richard "Groove" Holmes, comes in. It's classic jazz brew, with all the right ingredients: the soulful tenor of Houston Person, one of organ's biggest champions (he features the B-3 in his own working group); the classic blues-funk guitar of Philly-based newcomer Bob DeVos; the crack rhythm team of Idris Muhammad and Buddy Caldwell, who probably hold the world's record for the most appearances on organ LPs; the sensitive production of Bob Porter, who may hold a similar mark (in a tie with Ozzie Cadena) for the most organ albums overseen; and the eternally invigorating presence of Rudy van Gelder, who's engineered every good organ record ever made.
"It was a typical Groove Holmes date," sums up Bob Porter. "We did it in an afternoon, and Groove even brought along a good new guitarist player." and, we should add, GOOD VIBRATIONS aplenty. ~ Excerpts taken from Liner Notes by Michael Rozek.
Muse Records, MR 5167, 1980
Recorded 19th December, 1977
at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Musicians:
Richard "Groove"
Holmes - Organ [Hammond B-3]
Houston Person - Tenor
Saxophone (#A1-B1,B3)
Bob DeVos - Guitar
Idris Muhammad - Drums
Buddy Caldwell - Congas
Tracks:
A1. Good Vibrations {Richard
"Groove" Holmes} (8:47)
A2. Do It To It {Rogers Grant}
(10:35)
B1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear
From Me {Duke Ellington, Bob Russell} (8:51)
B2. My One And Only Love
{Robert Mellin, Guy Wood} (4:51)
B3. Hackensack {Thelonious
Monk} (5:47)
Total Time: 38:51
Credits:
Producer - Bob Porter
Engineer - Rudy van Gelder
Cover Design - Ron
Warwell/NJE
Liner Notes - Michael Rozek
