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  • Genre: Afro-beat / Jazz / Latin

    Location NEW YORK, New York, Un

    Profile Views: 195856

    Last Login: 5/24/2012

    Member Since 2/26/2006

    Website www.groovecollective.com

    Record Label Savoy

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ...... .. Groove Collective is proud to be a part of the Ultimate Ears Artists to Watch program this month. Ultimate Ears works with the top musicians from from around the world. And every month, they feature the best new music. ..Click here.. to hear new songs from us. .. Short clip from The Luna Lounge - 3/28/08 .. .. .. .. ........ .. ...."People People, Music Music".... .. ...... .... Grammy nominated for contemporary jazz album of the year!..Click album cover to purchase online........... .. ..........GROOVE COLLECTIVE.... ...... For more than a decade, this legendary group of musicians has improvised and refined the stylistic crosspollination of funk, jazz, house, Latin, hip hop, rock and every party-inducing sound in between. Their 2007 Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" is an acknowledgment of the band's pioneering sound. The members of Groove Collective are fluent in the international language of "groove," and transcend musical category with one goal in mind: to move listeners' minds and feet. In-the-pocket drum and bass, colorful and vibrant horns, flavors of world percussion and intricate harmony all fuse together seamlessly under their watch. Groove Collective's innovative and refined sound is unparalleled. They are the masters of multi-hued funk. Billboard Magazine says that they "erase musical borders" and are "jazz/funk fusion at its most sublime." .... "Impressive" does not adequately describe Groove Collective's accolades. They have toured Japan with BB King, Europe with Fred Wesley,Canada with the Dave Matthews Band, and recorded with Grammy winning Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez. The have backed the likes of Tupac Shakur (voted 2 all time live Hip Hop performance on MTV), Morcheeba, Don Cherry, Pharcyde and Natalie Merchant, and shared stages with some of the biggest names in music, including James Brown, Maceo Parker, Erykah Badu, Tito Puente, Issac Hayes, The Roots, Dave Matthews, Guru, Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, Bela Fleck, Roy Hargrove, Michael Franti, Hiram Bullock, and the list goes on. They have spread their New York City vibe across the globe, making stops at Switzerland's Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Netherland's North Sea Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Japan, and New Orleans' Jazz Fest. This all-star cast of players hits hard, and hits funky. .. ...... ...... .. .... HISTORY.... .. .. Groove Collective's impressive history began in the early 1990's as they fueled the growth of New York City's acid-jazz scene. They quickly became a staple of a budding underground club scene known for pairing DJs with live performers. This groundbreaking enterprise was run under the media and event production mogul that would eventually become Giant Step. Groove Collective crafted and popularized the fusion of jazz and funk, pioneering what is now referred to globally as "groove" music. Jon Pareles of The New York Times says, "Groove Collective's identity lies not in one fixed style, but in its capable hospitality to whatever might keep hips swaying.".... Through the years they have remained faithful to the "collective" spirit their name suggests, featuring a rotating cast of talented players. Their current six-piece incarnation features five original members. .... ...... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... ....
  • Members

    ....Jay Rodriquez.... (saxophones, flutes, bass clarinet).. ..Genji Siraisi.... (drums, programming, vocals).. ..Chris "Ifátóyè" Theberge.... (congas, bata drums, percussion).. ..Jonathan Maron.... (bass).. ..Barney McAll.... (Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, piano).. ..Curtis Fowlkes.... (Trombone).. .. .. ..YOU!!.. 'Like' the official Groove Collective page on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Groove-Collective/284522778274580 .. .. ..Name:........ ..Email:........ .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ........ ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .......... .............. "Jazz/funk fusion at its most sublime." ....Billboard...... "… one of the first acts to bridge funk, jazz and hip hop.." ....Village Voice...... "…Since its inception, Groove Collective has put together a unique amalgam of jazz, funk, R&B, and latin music …" ....Jazz Times...... .............. "Groove Collective is a dynamic live band …the polish of their cds is present but the feeling is unquestionably live …" ....The Boston Globe...... "Groove Collective picks up where Miles Davis left off …." ....Pulse........ ..Groove Collective - Jonathan Maron bass solo...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. .... .. .. .. ..
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  • FUNKORAMA

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    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris


    Can you BELIEVE this guy Groove?
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT TRUTH AND LIES ...

    According to Webster, a LIE is defined as:

    1.)  a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive;
           an INTENTIONAL UNTRUTH; a FALSEHOOD..

    2.)  something intended or serving to convey a FALSE
          IMPRESSION; imposture: His flashy car was a lie
          that deceived no one.

    3.)  an INACCURATE or FALSE STATEMENT.

    4.)  the charge or accusation of LYING:

    THE TRUST OF THE INNOCENT IS THE LIAR'S

    MOST USEFUL TOOL!  DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING

    YOU HEAR!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    6 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Check out the NELSON FAMILY Groove!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FAMILY ...

    “Other things may CHANGE US,

    but we START and END

    with FAMILY.”

    ~ Anthony Brandt

    THE LOVE OF A FAMILY IS LIFE'S GREATEST

    BLESSING!

     With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE, my friend

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    7 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    TOUGH TIMES Don't Last But TOUGH PEOPLE DO Groove!
     

    "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" -  MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT TOUGH TIMES ...

    "Even though you may want to MOVE FORWARD

    in your life, you may have ONE FOOT on the BRAKES.

    In order to be FREE, we must learn how to LET GO.

    RELEASE the HURT.

    RELEASE the FEAR.

    REFUSE to entertain your OLD PAIN.

    The energy it takes to HANG ONTO THE PAST

    is holding you back from a NEW LIFE.

    What is it you would LET GO OF TODAY?"

     ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    8 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending you some SUNDAY LOVE Groove!
     

    I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT WEEKENDS ...

    "WEEKENDS do not count unless you spend

    them doing something COMPLETELY POINTLESS."

    ~ Bill Watterson

    THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH DAYS IN THE WEEKEND!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    9 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    Honor All MOTHERS With LOVE and RESPECT Groove!
     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MOTHERS ...

    “No GIFT to your MOTHER can ever

    EQUAL her gift to you -

    LIFE.”

    A SALUTE TO ALL MOTHERS EVERYWHERE FOR

    WHO YOU ARE, AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    Carry a SONG in your HEART Groove!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MUSIC ...

    "I think MUSIC in itself is HEALING.

    It's an explosive EXPRESSION OF HUMANITY.

    It's something we are all TOUCHED BY.

    No matter what CULTURE we're from,

    EVERYONE LOVES MUSIC ...."

    ~ Billy Joel

    MUSIC IS THE KEY TO THE LOVING HEART!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 year ago
  • Richard Harris


    LIFE is BEAUTIFUL Groove!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LIFE ...

    "Don't EVER GIVE UP.

    The greatest things accomplished in life are those you
    STRIVE FOR.

    Never GIVE UP HOPE.

    Remember AMATEURS built the ARK and
    PROFESSIONALS built the TITANIC ..."

    THE BEAUTY OF LIFE IS TO GIVE ~

    THE JOY OF LIFE IS TO LOVE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    1 year ago
  • Art Lip (Fusion)

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    1 year ago
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Bio:

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Groove Collective is proud to be a part of the Ultimate Ears Artists to Watch program this month. Ultimate Ears works with the top musicians from from around the world. And every month, they feature the best new music. Click here to hear new songs from us.
Short clip from The Luna Lounge - 3/28/08


"People People, Music Music"


Grammy nominated for contemporary jazz album of the year!
Click album cover to purchase online.



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GROOVE COLLECTIVE
For more than a decade, this legendary group of musicians has improvised and refined the stylistic crosspollination of funk, jazz, house, Latin, hip hop, rock and every party-inducing sound in between. Their 2007 Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album" is an acknowledgment of the band’s pioneering sound. The members of Groove Collective are fluent in the international language of “groove,” and transcend musical category with one goal in mind: to move listeners’ minds and feet. In-the-pocket drum and bass, colorful and vibrant horns, flavors of world percussion and intricate harmony all fuse together seamlessly under their watch. Groove Collective’s innovative and refined sound is unparalleled. They are the masters of multi-hued funk. Billboard Magazine says that they “erase musical borders” and are “jazz/funk fusion at its most sublime.”

“Impressive” does not adequately describe Groove Collective’s accolades. They have toured Japan with BB King, Europe with Fred Wesley,Canada with the Dave Matthews Band, and recorded with Grammy winning Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez. The have backed the likes of Tupac Shakur (voted 2 all time live Hip Hop performance on MTV), Morcheeba, Don Cherry, Pharcyde and Natalie Merchant, and shared stages with some of the biggest names in music, including James Brown, Maceo Parker, Erykah Badu, Tito Puente, Issac Hayes, The Roots, Dave Matthews, Guru, Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, Bela Fleck, Roy Hargrove, Michael Franti, Hiram Bullock, and the list goes on. They have spread their New York City vibe across the globe, making stops at Switzerland’s Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Netherland’s North Sea Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Japan, and New Orleans’ Jazz Fest. This all-star cast of players hits hard, and hits funky.
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HISTORY
Groove Collective’s impressive history began in the early 1990’s as they fueled the growth of New York City’s acid-jazz scene. They quickly became a staple of a budding underground club scene known for pairing DJs with live performers. This groundbreaking enterprise was run under the media and event production mogul that would eventually become Giant Step. Groove Collective crafted and popularized the fusion of jazz and funk, pioneering what is now referred to globally as “groove” music. Jon Pareles of The New York Times says, “Groove Collective’s identity lies not in one fixed style, but in its capable hospitality to whatever might keep hips swaying.”

Through the years they have remained faithful to the “collective” spirit their name suggests, featuring a rotating cast of talented players. Their current six-piece incarnation features five original members.

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Member Since:

February 26, 2006

Members:

Jay Rodriquez
(saxophones, flutes, bass clarinet)
Genji Siraisi
(drums, programming, vocals)
Chris "Ifátóyè" Theberge
(congas, bata drums, percussion)
Jonathan Maron
(bass)
Barney McAll
(Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, piano)
Curtis Fowlkes
(Trombone)

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“Jazz/funk fusion at its most sublime.”
Billboard

“… one of the first acts to bridge funk, jazz and hip hop..”
Village Voice


“…Since its inception, Groove Collective has put together a unique amalgam of jazz, funk, R&B, and latin music …”
Jazz Times




“Groove Collective is a dynamic live band …the polish of their cds is present but the feeling is unquestionably live …”
The Boston Globe

“Groove Collective picks up where Miles Davis left off ….”
Pulse

Groove Collective - Jonathan Maron bass solo

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