The discography of the American jazz artist Euge Groove consists of eight studio albums and eleven promo singles. Listed are also several appearances in records where he appeared as a sideman, but not the re-issues, unless they are counted separately from the original works in the charts. The discography shows the peak weekly chart positions in the United States for jazz[a] and heatseekers charts.[b]
Euge Groove made his debut as professional musician in 1987 as sideman, collecting since the beginning good results on mainstream, such as Exposé's number-one hit single, "Seasons Change". His reputation went very quickly to high levels, arriving to collaborate with several music icons, like Joe Cocker, Elton John, Eros Ramazzotti and Richard Marx. In the late 1990s, he began a solo career and published his first solo studio album, Euge Groove (2000) for Warner Bros. Records. The album was a low seller but peaked at number 25 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart in Billboard magazine. The follow-up, Play Date (2002), peaked at number 10 on the same chart and introduced Groove to the contemporary jazz audience. After this result, Euge Groove left Warner Bros. for Narada Jazz and released Livin' Large (2004), which peaked at number four on the contemporary jazz chart. Just Feels Right was released in 2005, peaking at No. 3 and spawning Groove's first jazz hit, "Chillaxin" (2006), which reached number three on the Smooth Jazz Songs chart.
In 2007, Groove reached the commercial peak publishing Born 2 Groove. It reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and spawned four smooth jazz hits, including his first two number-one singles: "Born 2 Groove" and "Religify". After this success, Groove left Narada Jazz for Shanachie Entertainment, where he continued to release successful albums and promo singles for the contemporary jazz audience. Sunday Morning (2009) peaked at number two and contains two top ten hits, including the number-one hit from the same name. S7even Large (2011) peaked at number three and had one top ten hit. In 2012, Groove came back on the top of the albums chart with House of Groove, which spawned another number-one hit with the title track.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album detailsGeneral reference for the albums: Peak chart positions US Jazz(Cont)Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United States charts: US Jazz US Heat Euge Groove Release date: May 2, 2000 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital download 25 41 — Play Date Release date: July 2, 2002 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, Digital download 10 13 — Livin' Large Release date: March 9, 2004 Label: Narada Jazz Format: CD, Digital download 4 7 — Just Feels Right Release date: August 30, 2005 Label: Narada Jazz Format: CD, Digital download 3 4 20 Born 2 Groove Release date: June 19, 2007 Label: Narada Jazz Format: CD, Digital download 1 4 10 Sunday Morning Release date: October 27, 2009 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, Digital download 2 10 31 S7ven Large Release date: May 17, 2011 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, Digital download 3 4 13 House of Groove Release date: September 25, 2012 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, Digital download 1 2 9 Got 2 Be Groovin’ Release date: August 19, 2014 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, DD, Vinyl2 4 Still Euge Release date: July 22, 2016 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, DD1 1 Groove On! Release date: Nov. 17, 2017 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, DD24 Sing My Song Release date: April 23, 2020 Label: Shanachie Format: CD, DD5 Comfort Zone Release date: August 25, 2023 Label: Shanachie Ent. Corp. Format: CD, Digital download "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles
As lead artist + List of singles released as lead artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Jazz(Smooth) "Get Em Goin'" 2005 1Just Feels Right "Chillaxin" 2006 3 "Born 2 Groove" 2007 1 Born 2 Groove "Mr. Groove" 2008 2 "Religify" 1 "Slow Jam" 2009 15 "Sunday Morning" 1 Sunday Morning "All for You" 2010 3 "S7ven Large" 2011 4 S7ven Large "The Funky Bunch" 12 "House of Groove" 2012 1 House of Groove "Old.Edu (Old School)" 1 "Still Euge" 2017 1 Still Euge "Groove On!" 2018 1 Groove On! "Dirty Dozen" 2020 1 Sing My Song
As featured artist + List of promo singles released as featured artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Jazz(Smooth) "Lay It On Me" (with Brian Simpson) 2010 28 South Beach "I Don't Mind" (with Adam Hawley) 2017 1 Just the Beginning
Other appearances
As sideman + List of albums, where Groove appears as sidemanGeneral references for his appearances as sideman: Album Year Artist Notes Exposure 1987 Exposé Saxophone Small World 1988 Huey Lewis and the News Sax (tenor) Captain Swing 1989 Michelle Shocked That We Do Know Uncle Festive Sax (alto), sax (soprano), sax (tenor) Brigade 1990 Heart Sax (tenor) The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons Spellbound 1991 Paula Abdul Shadows of Urbano Michael Colina Power of Suggestion Richard Elliot Assistant producer, drum programming, keyboards Rush Street Richard Marx Saxophone Warm Your Heart Aaron Neville Sax (alto) The Steve Pryor Band The Steve Pryor Band Sax (tenor) Luck of the Draw Bonnie Raitt Monster on a Leash Tower of Power Sax (alto), sax (tenor) Duets 1993 Elton John Horn MMC MMC Working Class 1994 Pete Anderson Sax (tenor) Paid Vacation Richard Marx Horn Driving Beverly Hills Mark Portmann Mysterious 1995 David Royal Saxophone Flesh and Bone 1997 Richard Marx Horn Eros Live 1998 Eros Ramazzotti Keyboards, saxophone Kisses in the Rain 2001 Rick Braun Sax (tenor) Glow Peter White Saxophone Right Here, Right Now 2003 David Benoit Guest artist, sax (tenor) Full Circle 2006 Guest artist, main personnel, saxophone
For every year (here reported chronologically) the albums are listed alphabetically by the last name of the artist.
Notes
a ^ Jazz Albums contains traditional and contemporary jazz albums and unlike of Top Traditional Jazz Albums and Top Contemporary Jazz Albums, it is available only on billboard.com and billboard.biz b ^ Top Heatseekers Albums contains only albums of artists that never entered in the top 100 of the Billboard 200 or in top 10 of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Latin Albums, Top Christian Albums or Top Gospel Albums. There is a similar chart also for the songs, called Top Heatseekers Songs and lists songs of artists that never entered in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 (or the top 50 of the Hot 100 Airplay prior to December 5, 1998).
References
External links Euge Groove Official website Euge Groove on AllMusic Steve Grove on AllMusic