Addison Groove Project
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Addison Groove Project was a funk
/jazz
jam band
based in Boston
, MA. Most of the band grew up together and went to Wellesley High School. The band waited until all the members had completed their college studies before they recently began their full year touring.
The six member band is formed by :
The band lost bass player John Hall to cancer on Thanksgiving
night 2004 after 18 months of illness in which he played gigs on and off. His bass lines were subsequently picked up by Rob Marscher on his keyboards. On September 1, 2005 Brendan McGinn announced that he is entering medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
. It also announced that a new band Skinjer composed of Dave, Ben, Andrew, and Rob of AGP which will perform when Brendan is too busy with school.
On March 3, 2007, at the Paradise Rock Club
in Boston
, Addison Groove Project performed for the last time in the foreseeable future.
The band name comes from John Hall's father, the Rev. Addison Hall of Saint Andrew's Church in Wellesley, MA where the band members grew up.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
jam band
Jam band
-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...
based in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, MA. Most of the band grew up together and went to Wellesley High School. The band waited until all the members had completed their college studies before they recently began their full year touring.
The six member band is formed by :
- Dave Adams - alto sax, vocals
- Ben Groppe - tenor sax
- John Hall - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Andrew Keith - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Rob Marscher - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals - Brendan McGinn - vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
The band lost bass player John Hall to cancer on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
night 2004 after 18 months of illness in which he played gigs on and off. His bass lines were subsequently picked up by Rob Marscher on his keyboards. On September 1, 2005 Brendan McGinn announced that he is entering medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
. It also announced that a new band Skinjer composed of Dave, Ben, Andrew, and Rob of AGP which will perform when Brendan is too busy with school.
On March 3, 2007, at the Paradise Rock Club
Paradise Rock Club
The Paradise Rock Club, formerly known as the Paradise Theater, is a small music venue in Boston, Massachusetts which opened on September 22, 1977...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Addison Groove Project performed for the last time in the foreseeable future.
The band name comes from John Hall's father, the Rev. Addison Hall of Saint Andrew's Church in Wellesley, MA where the band members grew up.
Discography
- Addison Groove Project (1998) [The Orange Album]
- Wicked Live (2000)
- Allophone (2002)
- Wicked Live 2 (2002)
- Waiting Room (2006)
External links
- Skinjer
- Addison Groove Project
- AGP show review
- Addison Groove Project collection on the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive