''Soul Groove'' is an album by saxophonist Johnny Griffin and trombonist

Matthew Gee Matthew Gee (November 25, 1925 in Houston, Texas – July 18, 1979 in New York City) was an American bebop trombonist and part-time actor. Gee played trumpet and baritone as a child, and took up the trombone at age 11. After studying at Alabama S ...

recorded in 1963 and released on the Atlantic label.Johnny Griffin discography
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Reception

The Allmusic site 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
Allmusic Review
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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 *

- trombone * "Big" John Patton -

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(tracks 1, 5 & 8) *

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

- piano, organ (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7) *

Aaron Bell Aaron Bell may refer to: * Aaron Bell (musician) Samuel Aaron Bell (April 24, 1921 – July 28, 2003) was an American jazz double-bassist. Career Bell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on April 24, 1921. He played piano as a child and learned to pl ...

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, tuba *

Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...

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* Carlos "Patato" Valdes -

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, bongos

References

Matthew Gee albums Johnny Griffin albums 1964 albums Atlantic Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub