Soul Mist!

Soul Mist!
Soul Mist!
Studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes
Released	1970
Recorded	March 15, 1966 and July 7, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	31:37
Label	Prestige; PR 7741
Producer	Cal Lampley
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology

Soul Mist! is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1966 but not released on the Prestige label until 1970.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "A standards-heavy date, 1966's Soul Mist is one of Richard "Groove" Holmes' most relaxed and swinging discs... An often-overlooked gem in Richard "Groove" Holmes' extensive catalog, Soul Mist is well worth seeking out".^[2]

Track listing[edit]

"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 4:45
"There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 6:45
"Denise" (Richard "Groove" Holmes) - 5:27
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) - 7:50
"Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) - 6:50

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 15, 1966 (tracks 3 & 5) and July 7, 1966 (tracks 1, 2 & 4)

Personnel[edit]

Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ
Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 2 & 4)
Harold Vick - tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 4)
Gene Edwards - guitar
George Randall (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Freddie Waits (tracks 3 & 5) - drums.

References[edit]

^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013
^ ^a ^b Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013

[1] Prestige Records discography accessed May 3, 2013

[Allmusic-2] Mason, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 3, 2013

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v t e Richard Holmes
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Groove (1961) After Hours (1961 & 1962) Tell It Like It Tis (1961 & 1962) Somethin' Special (with Les McCann, 1962) Soul Message (1965) Misty (1965 & 1966) Soul Mist! (1966) Spicy! (1966) Super Soul (1967) Get Up & Get It! (1967) Soul Power! (1967) The Groover! (1968) That Healin' Feelin' (1968) Welcome Home (1968) Comin' On Home (1971) American Pie (1972) Night Glider (1973) Giants of the Organ Come Together (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973) New Groove (1974) Six Million Dollar Man (1975) Shippin' Out (1977)
Live albums	Groovin' with Jug (with Gene Ammons, 1961) Living Soul (1966) Giants of the Organ in Concert (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973) Onsaya Joy (1974)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)