Tag Archives: Richard “Groove” Holmes

THIS IS FUNKY JAZZ.

This Is Funky Jazz. Label: BGP. Format: LP. Nowadays, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey and Bud Powell are regarded as pioneers, and among the finest and most influential bebop artists. They were innovators, and played their part in this new musical movement that required instrumental virtuosity. Bebop was …

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THINGS GONNA GET BETTER: STREET FUNK AND JAZZ GROOVES 1970-1977.

THINGS GONNA GET BETTER: STREET FUNK AND JAZZ GROOVES 1970-1977. As the seventies dawned, America was still at war in Vietnam, and the struggle for racial equality continued. Things were improving,  but still, when it came to racal equality, America’s report card said “could do better.” There was hope though.  The civil rights movement hoped …

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