Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes
USA
Born: 02 May 1931
Died: 29 June 1991
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Bop
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Revered in soul-jazz circles, Richard "Groove" Holmes was an unapologetically swinging Jimmy Smith admirer who could effortlessly move from the grittiest of blues to the most sentimental of ballads. Holmes, a very accessible, straightforward and warm player who was especially popular in the black community, had been well respected on the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey circuit by the time he signed with Pacific Jazz in the early '60s and started receiving national attention by recording with such greats as Ben Webster and Gene Ammons. Holmes, ...
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