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Groove Junkies

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Exclamation; Interesting Times; The Way of the Groove; Stank Face; Cheese Hat; Espíritu Valiente.

Article: Year in Review

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Jack Bowers
December 12, 2024

On a personal note, this is unlike any “best of the year" summaries I've written during my more than twenty-five years as a reviewer for All About Jazz. The reason is that I fell in late April and broke my left femur. As a result, I completed no reviews from that time until early September, a ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Patterson: Groove Junkies

Read "Groove Junkies" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2024

When it comes to big-band recordings, commitment and enthusiasm can go a long way toward assuring success. Those benchmarks are fully displayed on Groove Junkies, the third album by trombonist Ben Patterson's Washington, DC-based Jazz Orchestra. While Patterson's compositions and arrangements are not exactly straight ahead--there's an ample measure of funk, back beats and electronic effects ...

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Exclamation

May 13, 2024

Album: Groove Junkies
By Ben Patterson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:57

Article: Album Review

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Groove Junkies

Read "Groove Junkies" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 30, 2024

Groove junkies searching for a fix need look no further. Mainlining this music--a hard-hitting big band set that satisfies as it soars--offers a serious high. With a pen and mind untrammeled by norms and expectations, and a tight crew of musical compatriots bringing stentorian sound and vision to his book, trombonist-composer Ben Patterson delivers the goods ...