★★★★★
Euge Groove, known to his friends as Eugene Grove, has worked hard for his vaulted place in smooth jazz. Early classical piano lessons led to studies on the saxophone. Graduating from the University of Miami with a degree in saxophone performance, Groove played in a variety of bands and did studio work before coming to the attention of fellow saxophonist Richard Elliot who got him a gig with Tower of Power...
- www.jazzreview.com
2011-08-01
★★★★★
Oh, smooth jazz... your attraction continues to elude me. At home in an elevator, as call-waiting fodder and porn scene score you make sense, but removed from the absurd and/or awkward context you're boring. As. Hell.The liner notes of Just Feels Right dress the disc up as "contemporary jazz," but from where I'm standing Vandermark 5's last album only came out two years ago and was considerably more adventurous and timely than this retro throwback to the halcyon days of the late '70s...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
For more than fifteen years, saxophonist Steven Eugene Grove honed his skills as a sideman with some of the finest musicians in the genres of R&B;, rock and jazz. It was during those times that he learned valuable lessons in professionalism, song craft and musicianship, while playing with the likes of Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, Tower of Power, Richard Marx and a host of others. After many years of hectic traveling, Eugene decided to give up his grueling schedule and devote more time to his family...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Narada Jazz has such an abundance of mega-talent that I often wonder what attractant they use (besides money, of course) in their record deals and contracts. I can think of such a huge number of artists off the top of my head, and the list keeps growing. None generates more electricity and hard-edged funk in such abundance as the now incredibly famous saxman originally from my neck of the country (MD), Steve Grove, aka Euge Groove...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Smooth jazz is one of those musical styles that can often defy logic when it comes to accurately categorizing whether it fits into the realm of instrumental pop or can be classified as jazz in its most unique form. Nowadays, it becomes increasingly difficult to assess the validity of an artist who claims to be a jazz musician, especially when there is nothing distinctive about the talent of the individual being addressed...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-07
★★★★★
The alter ego of Steve Eugene Grove, Euge Groove preceded this, his debut release for Warner, with a number one jazz hit on the Internet. Whilst waiting for the album to mixed by Paul Brown its home mixes were posted at MP3.com. Before long the recording was amongst the top six of any and all genres on the site. Eventually, having mixed the album Brown showed it to Warner Bros. and Euge Groove was soon signed...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
The sophomore release on Narada's jazz imprint for Tower of Power's former saxman Euge Groove, Just Feels Right is an attempt to return to the music of 1976. The groove is the key to the whole, with a mix of funk, smooth jazz, and what almost sounds like quiet storm popping in from time to time. The album was made with a vintage ethic, using almost no gear made after 1976...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
A few years prior to this release, veteran touring sideman Steve Grove (Richard Marx, Joe Cocker, Tina Turner) decided to stop hitting the road with pop legends to focus on his smooth jazz career. Despite securing a definite toehold for himself in the sax-heavy genre on the basis of a handful of hit radio singles, he ran into a roadblock with his previous label and jumped ship for the smaller but artist-friendly Narada Jazz...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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