Groover Jr.,Gregory Quintet – Old Knew [CD]

Old Knew is Gregory Groover, Jr’s follow-up to his 2024 Criss Cross debut, Lovabye, on which – in the exalted company of Joel Ross, Aaron Parks, Vicente Archer and Marcus Gilmore – he projected his soulful, reflective tenor saxophone voice throughout an 11-track recital of, as Groover puts it, original “love songs and songs of people I love.” On Old Knew, Groover, 32, addresses similarly inspired repertoire from a different angle, eliciting collective kineticism and creative spirit from a pan-generational A-list quintet, comprising Ross, the nonpareil 30-year-old vibraphonist; Paul Cornish, the 20-something pianist; and the glorious drummer Kendrick Scott and bass provocateur Harish Raghavan, both 40-something. Total CD time: 53:49 min

Tracklist:

1. Spaces (3:27)
2. 551 (7:00)
3. Go for Broke (4:45)
4. Rain Shall Fall (5:48)
5. Retrogade (6:38)
6. Sumner (3:03)
7. Good Sir (5:07)
8. Juanita and Betty (3:36)
9. William and Vinson (4:40)
10. Old Knew (7:33)
11. Arrivals (2:02)

UPC: 8712474142828
Label: Criss Cross
Release Date: 11.21.25
Format: CD