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  GROOVE COLLECTOR, The Market Place and Music Guide dedicated to Groovy Music
with their collective "stone groove", they organise many events in ubu club with great guest featuring...
rare groove french festival with record convention, happening, live & dj's...
rythm n groove, webradio musicaly groove oriented playing standards of soul, funk,rnb and du hip-hop.
www.groovecollector.com /liens/index.cfm?lng=2   (409 words)

  
  Rare groove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rare groove, a term coined by KISS-FM DJ Norman Jay in 1985, originally referred to relatively obscure funk tracks from the 1970s.
Eighties artists that followed in the rare groove tradition
This page was last modified 04:06, 23 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rare_groove   (67 words)

  
 Rare groove
However, in the case of rare groove, it was Norman Jay's who coined the genre in his late 1985 show 'The Original Rare Groove Show' on Kiss FM - then still a pirate station that reintroduced seventies funk tracks and plenty of obscure rarities, coining the term rare groove.
Roy was also synonymous in producing some now much sought after rare groove classics from The Eighties Ladies, Ethel Beatty, and Sylvia Striplin.
Anyway, rare grooves just means that they are tracks which are hard to find.
www.jahsonic.com /RareGroove.html   (596 words)

  
 // Digital-Djs.com // Spotlights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The rare groove experiment is merely another piece in the endless jigsaw of trend and fashion.
But if rare groove keeps as sincere and genuine a person as Norman Jay Djing, let alone allowing him to go to New York in August and be an ambassador for the British music scene, then it can't be bad.
In 1987 Dez was approached by RCA to compile and launch the “Rare” series of albums, which was undisputedly responsible for starting the whole rare groove revival.
www.digital-djs.com /news/features.asp?threadid=121   (2676 words)

  
 Groove   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Groove is a popular music term, used in the sense of rhythm, for meter and its embellishment by a rhythm section.
A rhythm, riddim in reggae vocabulary, is a rhythm pattern.
In other musical contexts it is called a groove, and that pretty well sums up what it is about.
www.jahsonic.com /Groove.html   (189 words)

  
 Cincinnati CityBeat : 10/22/2003 : Wax Trax
Otherwise known as Daryl Henderson, DJ Mista Rare Groove might as well be Cochise, pourin' it out for the musicians who ain't here and making crowds acknowledge those whose stories deserve a listen.
Usually outfitted in his T-shirt du-jour and a knit cap rocked at a 45 degree angle, he greets acquaintances with the b-boy embrace -- a fluid movement locking the hand firmly in his as he pulls in for a brief shoulder pound.
If Minnie Ripperton and Gil-Scott Heron had a love child it would be Groove, the bastard latch-key kid Soul and Jazz dismissed as a Hip Hop delinquent, yet the griot who held onto their legends.
www.citybeat.com /2003-10-22/cover2.shtml   (1210 words)

  
 Jazz | All About Jazz
Rare Grooves is the name of the Blue Note reissue series that recovers lost 1960s and '70s titles, polishes them to a glossy 24-bit remastered finish, and presents them to a new generation of potential listeners.
The real treat is the leader's relatively rare appearance on piano for one of his title track solos, which bursts with the sound of downhome Sunday morning gospel and continuously repeats a curved figure to create a swirling whirlpool of sparkling melody and rhythm.
Groove and Irvine dust their respective keyboards with futuristic space-age sparklies in "Mr.
www.allaboutjazz.com /articles/blue0902_2.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Dusty Groove America - Funky Compilations CD (A-L)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Grooves run across a wide range of genres -- from funky fusion to soulful vocals to hippy rock -- and although many of the groups on the set probably claim an influence from American artists, they come up with styles that move way beyond their origins -- and which get really nicely trippy!
The groove is upbeat on most tracks, with plenty of jazzy flourishes and a soulful approach to disco.
Rare tracks from the Peruvian scene of the 60s and 70s -- a hotbed of many musical styles -- from hard rock, to soft rock, to Latin funk, to straight descarga -- and everything else in between!
www.dustygroove.com /varfunkcd.htm   (8003 words)

  
 Jazz | The History of Jazztronica
Soon the term “acid jazz” was everywhere, and it didn’t take long before it referred to pretty much any electronic dance music overlaid with funky jazz music, primarily fusion and ‘rare groove’ stuff from the 1960s and 1970s.
The 1960s rare groove material included things like the organ groups of Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery’s guitar workouts, music that was inspired by the very hard bop movement that Davis had helped kick off with his recording of “Walkin’.”
Acid jazz is also a term that has been used to refer to the original recordings by artists like Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd’s Blackbyrds, and other rare groove artists (the term “rare groove” refers to the fact that the vinyl albums collected by DJs were rare and difficult to find.
www.jazzitude.com /jazztronica_01.htm   (1106 words)

  
 Review - Various : Trojan Rare Groove Box Set
With "Trojan Rare Groove Box Set" Trojan Records adds a new title to their anticipated series of "Limited Edition" box sets.
The term "rare groove" makes one normally think of Soul Music, but also in Reggae music there are enough records which can be regarded as "rare".
This "Trojan Rare Groove Box Set" collects not only "rare grooves", but also quality music from the late sixties and early seventies.
www.reggae-vibes.com /rev_var/raregroo.htm   (742 words)

  
 frenchattacknews
We launch the first raid with a selection of rare grooves on the bay.
Groove groove groove with DJs Peeer and Pal, and a special warm up appearance by own frenchattack BOBWALL.
Be ready for a year with more french action rare groove and funky bon mangé..
www.frenchattack.com /frenchattackNEWS.htm   (1335 words)

  
 DJ Soul Sister > massive LINKS
Features include tons of rare groove audio and DJ sets, message board, etc.This site is for you if you dig heavy beats, 70s funk, hip hop, rock, jazz and more.
Dealer Seth's "primary interest is in collecting rare pieces of wax for beat-digging purposes." He has now made his collection available to you so check him out.
Submit other related rare groove links to me at soulsister@djsoulsister.com or fill out the form on my contact page.
www.djsoulsister.com /links   (1596 words)

  
 Dusty Groove America - Home Page - Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Brazil, Latin, and more on LP and CD
The package is filled with grooves awash in the best sound library, soundtrack, and jazz funk styles of the time -- electric instrumentation at the bottom,...
Tremendous grooves from the earliest (and best) years of the acid jazz scene -- all recorded at a time when London was exploding with sounds from the 60s and 70s, and turning out some of the hippest music on the planet!
A lost treasure of rare soul from the Chicago scene -- the unreleased album by Pieces Of Peace -- a combo with ties both to the late 60s soul of Twinight Records and the early 70s grooves of The Pharoahs!
www.dustygroove.com   (4739 words)

  
 CD Baby: FIVE POINT PLAN: Rare
Organic funk, soul, and rare groove with smooth female vocals in the style of Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, and Jamiroquai.
For their second album "Rare," Five Point Plan joined forces with producer/arranger Dave Lebolt (former producer, sideman, and session player with David Bowie, Billy Joel, Power Station, Chaka Khan, and Roberta Flack).
Overall, Rare finds the group moving forward, inching closer toward excellence without forsaking the attributes that made Five Point Plan such a wonderful group in the first place.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/fivepointplan2   (1326 words)

  
 Blue Note Records
With the punch of four horns and a powerful groove, this album made the R & B charts at the time of release.
The Worm, The Heavyweight and BlueJuice is tight, souful jazzy and definitely in the pocket...Deep heavy rare grooves are the signature on this album....
Which already meant something for all rare groove addicts 'round the world.
www.bluenote.com /detail.asp?SelectionID=10158   (322 words)

  
 Jazz Bulletin Board - Blue Note Rare Groove Series
Blue Note does not promote the Rare Groove Series with hte same ambition as the RVG.
One thing that does annoy me about their site and presentation: they need to list upcoming RVG and Rare Groove material.
One thing to remember is that not all of the Rare Grooves had the Rare Groove CD cases.
forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=7791   (468 words)

  
 DJ Soul Sister * New Orleans * USA
Soul Power is New Orleans' only rare groove and deep funk radio program focusing on obscure and fabulous deep funk music, underground breakbeats & rare groove classics from the late 60s-early 80s.
I'm spreading rare groove all over New Orleans so "check me out if you don't know me by now," as Lyn Collins would say.
Wondering where to learn about rare groove breaks?
www.djsoulsister.com   (398 words)

  
 Blue Note Records
Brother Jack expands the soul jazz palette with spatial and experimental textures over the groove that foreshadows a lot of the R&B and fusion of the next decade.
When you bring in a tight guitarist and a smokin drummer then you have a classic concept of groove and timbre.
This album represent that, it's undisputed...and the man, musician/icon takes his compositions on this album to the highest zenith, it's such non-stop train of rare grooves and soulful swinging conversation of jazz.
www.bluenote.com /detail.asp?SelectionID=10156   (863 words)

  
 Norman Jay
http://www.normanjay.com Norman Jay's 'The Original Rare Groove Show' on Kiss FM - then still a pirate station reintroduced seventies funk tracks and plenty of obscure rarities, coining the term rare groove.
Teamed with his brother Joey, the pair has been a seminal part of the Notting Hill carnival every year -- as their Good Times Sound System pumps out a mix of club, soul, reggae, and funk as a never-ending soundtrack for this massive annual party.
Nuphonic have come up with a stunning tribute to the pair, serving up a heaping platter of great rare tracks that perfectly capture the Good Times spirit, with enough music to take you late into the afternoon of any carnival Saturday.
www.geocities.com /jahsonic/NormanJay.html   (480 words)

  
 rare.de - rare groove, funk, soul, jazz, latin, worldbeats und mehr
rare.de - rare groove, funk, soul, jazz, latin, worldbeats und mehr
Sie lieben den Sound verschiedenster Jazz-Stile von den 30er Jahren bis zum Nu Jazz der letzten Jahre, sie schätzen die zahlreichen, kreativen Symbiosen, die der Groove und Swing des Jazz mit Latin, Rap, Ethnopop, Funk, Soundtrack- und elektronischer Musik eingegangen ist.
Voll und ganz mein Ding dieser lässige Groove mit dezent fauchender Orgel.
rare.de   (1042 words)

  
 Blueprint - '1988 (w/ FREE DJ Rare Groove - 'Best Of The Year 1988' Mix CD!)' Item Detail - Underground Hip Hop dot com ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
View the item detail for: Blueprint - '1988 (w/ FREE DJ Rare Groove - 'Best Of The Year 1988' Mix CD!)'.
With guest-shots from Aesop Rock and CJ The Cynic, 1988 proves to be yet another stellar release from the Rhymesayers camp.
Order 1988 from UGHH.com and receive a free DJ Rare Groove Best Of The Year 1988 mixtape CD, along with a poster and sticker.
www.undergroundhiphop.com /store/detail.asp?UPC=RHY057CD   (348 words)

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