If you were to wander into a club on the Chitlin' Circuit in the 1960s, you'd likely hear music by Richard "Groove" Holmes or any number of organists leading a trio or quartet. Here are a series of videos posted recently at YouTube of Holmes on organ in Barcelona, Spain, in 1980 with Willis “Gator" Jackson (ts), Steve Giordano (g) and Roger Humphries (d):
Here's My One and Only Love. Dig Groove's solo!...
Here's The Man I Love and Bar Wars...
Here's On Green Dolphin Street...
And here's Billie's Bounce...
Here's My One and Only Love. Dig Groove's solo!...
Here's The Man I Love and Bar Wars...
Here's On Green Dolphin Street...
And here's Billie's Bounce...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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