Modern Groove Syndicate
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Modern Groove Syndicate is a contemporary jazz instrumental band performing original music Jazz-funk
or Acid jazz
based in Richmond, VA.
Members include Daniel Clarke – keyboard (who has toured with Mandy Moore
and k. d. lang), Joel DeNunzio - drums, Todd Herrington - bass, JC Kuhl – sax (former member of Agents of Good Roots), and Trey Pollard - guitar
Latest CD: Ms. Popular, Courthouse Records
CH 0406, Released 12/18/07 [third], licensed by P-Vine
for release in Japan
Other releases on Courthouse Records: First release, self-titled, Feb. 15, 2002, CH 1001, Second release, Vessel, Feb. 10, 2004, CH 0903, licensed for release in Japan. Their first CD was a double entry in the 45th Grammies .
Named Virginia's Best Jazz Band in NineVolt Magazine poll Feb. 22, 2004
The band was an Independent Music Awards
finalist in 2004 and winner in 2005 with "Too Good That It's Gone" as Best Jazz Song.
Modern Groove Syndicate was given Richmond Magazine’s 2007 Theresa Pollack Award for excellence in the arts (ensemble)
Jazz-funk
Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat , electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers...
or Acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
based in Richmond, VA.
Members include Daniel Clarke – keyboard (who has toured with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
and k. d. lang), Joel DeNunzio - drums, Todd Herrington - bass, JC Kuhl – sax (former member of Agents of Good Roots), and Trey Pollard - guitar
Latest CD: Ms. Popular, Courthouse Records
Courthouse Records
Courthouse Records , Richmond, VA, is a genre-nonspecific, independent micro-label founded in 1987 by W. B. “Wally” Thulin to release On Time, an LP by a regional bluegrass band, Virginia Rail...
CH 0406, Released 12/18/07 [third], licensed by P-Vine
P-Vine Records
P-Vine Records is a record label started by Blues Interactions, Inc., a firm in Tokyo, Japan established in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi and Akira Kochi...
for release in Japan
Other releases on Courthouse Records: First release, self-titled, Feb. 15, 2002, CH 1001, Second release, Vessel, Feb. 10, 2004, CH 0903, licensed for release in Japan. Their first CD was a double entry in the 45th Grammies .
Named Virginia's Best Jazz Band in NineVolt Magazine poll Feb. 22, 2004
The band was an Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
finalist in 2004 and winner in 2005 with "Too Good That It's Gone" as Best Jazz Song.
Modern Groove Syndicate was given Richmond Magazine’s 2007 Theresa Pollack Award for excellence in the arts (ensemble)