Tell It Like It Tis

Tell It Like It Tis is an album led by organist Richard "Groove" Holmes recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1966.Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed March 4, 2016Freed., R. Les McCann Discography accessed March 4, 2016

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine states: "this is classy soul jazz".

Track listing "Hittin' the Jug" (Gene Ammons) - 7:15 "Blow the Man Down" (Traditional) - 5:38 "Denice" (Richard "Groove" Holmes) - 3:18 "Later" (Sil Austin, Tiny Bradshaw, Henry Glover) - 4:32 "This Here" (Bobby Timmons, Bob Dorough) - 3:30 "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 6:35 "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:15 "Licks A Plenty" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:05 Recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios in Hollywood, CA in March, 1961 (track 8), The Black Orchid in Los Angeles, CA, on August 15, 1961 (track 1), unidentified studios in Los Angeles, CA in 1961 (tracks 2−4 & 6) and 1962 (tracks 5 & 7).

Personnel Richard "Groove" Holmes - organ Tricky Lofton - trombone (track 8) Gene Ammons (track 1), Ben Webster (track 8) - tenor saxophone Les McCann - piano (track 8) Gene Edwards (tracks 1−4 & 6), George Freeman (track 8), Joe Pass (tracks 5 & 7) - guitar Leroy Henderson (tracks 1−4 & 6), Ron Jefferson (track 8), Lawrence Marable (tracks 5 & 7) - drums

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