{"product_id":"2278515","title":"Gregory Groover Jr. - Lovabye [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Groover's Criss Cross debut, recorded on the Boston born-and-bred tenor saxophonist's thirtieth birthday, is a tour de force. Joined by a bespoke sextet of his favorite players, all New York-based, Groover presents a recital of 11 original tone-parallels to family and friends, his intentions anticipated, illuminated and fulfilled by his gifted bandmates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLovabye\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e follows Groover's formidable first full-length album, \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNegro Spiritual Songbook, Vol. 2 (The Message)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, performed by his excellent Boston band in quartet or quintet configurations, contains Groover's arrangements of, as he then wrote, 'Black America's praise music through jazz's evolving language to produce a radical theology that connects you to a higher power,'. Recorded in August 2019, it was released two years later, as society unwound from the Covid-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the lockdown, Groover had generated a group of 'love songs and songs of people I love.' In spring 2023, he brought this music to Walter Smith, III, who Groover had idolized as a teenager, and is now his friend and colleague at Berklee School of Music, their mutual alma mater, where Groover serves as Assistant Chair of the Ensemble Department. 'I told Walter I'd like to play with some of my other heroes and peers,' Groover recalls. 'He said, 'What's stopping you? The music is there.' Luckily for me, everyone who I wanted to record with was available and happy to do it.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Groover Jr. (tenor saxophone)\u003cbr\u003eJoel Ross (vibes)\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Stevens (guitar - 2,3,11)\u003cbr\u003eAaron Parks (piano)\u003cbr\u003eVicente Archer (bass)\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Gilmore (drums)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBygone Towers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay All Your Storms Be Weathered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLovabye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5660\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbivalence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLovabye Theme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn For A Pound Or Penny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCactus Lullaby\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420729889153,"sku":"2278515","price":15.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/8712474141920.jpg?v=1750620576","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2278515","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}