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Hailing from the Netherlands, Groove Troopers is a 14-piece jazz ensemble with a marked penchant for funk- and soul-inflected big band jazz and an already impressive repertoire of original tunes on its debut album. On Zoom Zoo, the band has only two real weaknesses: first, a tendency to get kind of longwinded on material that doesn't really deserve extended treatment -- like the otherwise enjoyable "Anitsja" (which would have made a fine four- or five-minute song, but really drags on at ten-and-a-half minutes) and "Absolution" (which starts out strong but wears out its welcome well before the end). The other is a production problem: it's too bad the horns weren't recorded more closely, because the part writing on tunes like "Nina's Dream" and "Bearing Bears and Boring Bores" is really impressive, and you shouldn't have to strain to hear the details. "Stampede" borrows a few tricks from Henry Mancini, and "Nuria" brings a firm but mellow tone to the proceedings. This is a promising debut, if not a perfect one. ~ Rick Anderson

Recorded between 2002 & 2003.

Personnel: Martin Fondse (vocals, flute); Miguel Boelens (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mete Erker (tenor saxophone); Rini Swinkels, Angelo Verploegen (trumpet); Louk Boudesteijn, Jeroen Rol (trombone).

Recording information: E-Sound, Weesp, The Netherlands; Studio LeRoy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Groove Troopers includes: Vera Westera (vocals); Sander Hop (guitar); Guido Nijs (tenor saxophone); Rini Swinkels (trumpet); Maurits Fondse (keyboards, background vocals); Eric van Der Westen (bass); Jan Stavenuiter (drums, percussion, background vocals).

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Jazz, R&B, Dance, Soul/R&B, Funk, Rap
Label Javaanse Jongens
Orig Year 2004
CD Universe Part number 6665310
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 03, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Maurits; Martin Fondse
Engineer Mikel Le Roy; Chris Weeda; Martin Fondse
Personnel Angelo Verploegen - trumpet
Louk Boudesteijn
Mete Erker - tenor saxophone
Rini Swinkels
Jeroen Rol - trombone
Martin Fondse - vocals, flute
Miguel Boelens - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Additional Info Netherlands
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1.Zoom Zoo
2.Anitsja
3.Nina's Dream
4.Animal Stage, The
5.Bearing Bears and Boring Boars
6.Absolution
7.Stampede!
8.Nuria
9.Cottacatya!
10.Rolling Rock
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