Album Notes

Allow us to present to you Groove:55. Collectively, the four band members bring decades of music experience to the project having worked with Oliver Jones, Gregory Charles, and Zachary Richard to name but a few. So it seems almost fitting that they would come together as a unified collective to share in their many years of creative experience and knowledge to create their first album "En Route".

The Groove:55 members, consists of Yves Adam (alto, tenor & soprano sax) a graduate of McGill's music faculty in jazz performance as well as teaching saxophone at The Montreal International Jazz festival Blues Camp. Jacques Mignault (Keyboards) studied alongside Art Roberts at Montreal's Concordia University; he would later go on to win the inaugural grand prize of the Roland Synthesizer music contest among hundred's of entrants spanning over 22 countries that was judged by the late great Oscar Peterson. Yves Nadeau (bass) is a veteran of the Montreal Jazz scene, having played hundreds of shows on stages all over Quebec with his bands Solstice & Expresso. Rounding out the Montreal quartet is Daniel Lemay (drums), winner of the 1985 Individual Championship of Quebec in snare drum, and 15th in the world in the same competition. He won in 1986 the Inter-Collegial Grand Prize in percussion. Daniel has played with Richard Beaudet, François Richard, Ivanoe Jolicoeur, Roger Walls, Ron DiLauro, André Leroux, Normand Guilbault and Normand Deveault, to name a few.

Together they make up Groove:55 the number that has the remarkable property of being the 10th number of the Fibonacci suite and the sum of the numbers 1 to 10. The most important part is its groove and this album has it in spades.

Groove:55 has been playing in dozens of radio stations across Canada and all over the world. We are getting feedback from show hosts and we would like to share a few nice comments with you.

Leo Ramirez, CITR, Vancouver, BC: “Let me tell you that it is an amazing album. I love the songs HOPE,TOGETHER and LOS ANGELES. This a fine jazz made in montreal, congratulations."

Skeeter Sanders, WGDR, Plainfield, Vermont: "A solid album of funky smooth tracks. Will be a welcome addition to my "Quiet Storm" radio program collection."

Martin Smith Radio Seagull, Rainham, UK: “A great album, loaded with great tracks!"

Triple J, Sydney, NSW: "This is a wondrous CD. I love the music style..."

Taylor Scott, KDUL, Kansas City, MO: "Nice grooves, I was very surprised at the production values... Overall a very smooth and very radio ready album. I loved it."

Jean-Pascal Jehan, Run City Radio, France: “Excellently groovy! Very good."

Brent C., WOJB, Stone lake, WI: “Very nice jazz!! It has a great assortment of talent and it is a fantastic blend which intrigues and perks your interest again and again ...needless to say I liked it."