Euge Groove discography

The discography of the American jazz artist Euge Groove consists of eight studio albums and eleven promo singles. Listed are also several appearances in records where he appeared as a sideman, but not the re-issues, unless they are counted separately from the original works in the charts. The discography shows the peak weekly chart positions in the United States for jazz[a] and heatseekers charts.[b]

Euge Groove made his debut as professional musician in 1987 as sideman, collecting since the beginning good results on mainstream, such as the Exposé's No. 1 hit, "Seasons Change". His reputation went very quickly to high levels, arriving to collaborate with several music icons, like Joe Cocker, Elton John, Eros Ramazzotti and Richard Marx. Finally in the late 1990s, he decided to begin a solo career and he published his first solo studio album, Euge Groove (2000) for Warner Bros. Records. The album was a low seller and peaked at No. 25 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums. The follower, Play Date (2002), peaked at No. 10 on the same chart and introduced Groove to the contemporary jazz audience. After this result, Euge Groove left Warner Bros. for Narada Jazz and released Livin' Large (2004), which peaked at No. 4 on the contemporary jazz chart. The follower, Just Feels Right (2005), did better, peaking at No. 3 and spawning Groove's first jazz hit, "Chillaxin" (2006), No. 3 on Smooth Jazz Songs.

In 2007, Groove reached the commercial peak publishing Born 2 Groove. It was No. 1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums and spawned four smooth jazz hits (three of them in top 10), including his first two No. 1 singles: "Born 2 Groove" and "Religify." After this great success, Groove left Narada Jazz for Shanachie Entertainment, where he continued to release successful albums and promo singles for the contemporary jazz audience. Sunday Morning (2009) peaked at No. 2 and contains two top 10 hits, including the No. 1 hit from the same name. S7even Large (2011) peaked at No. 3 and had only a top 10 hit. In 2012, Groove came back on the top of the albums chart with House of Groove, that spawned a new No. 1 hit with the title track.

Albums

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details[1] Peak chart positions
US
Jazz
(Cont)
[2]		 US
Jazz
[2]		 US
Heat
[2]
Euge Groove 25 41 —
Play Date
  • Release date: July 2, 2002
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 10 13 —
Livin' Large
  • Release date: March 9, 2004
  • Label: Narada Jazz
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 4 7 —
Just Feels Right
  • Release date: August 30, 2005
  • Label: Narada Jazz
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 3 4 20
Born 2 Groove
  • Release date: June 19, 2007
  • Label: Narada Jazz
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 1 4 10
Sunday Morning
  • Release date: October 27, 2009
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 2 10 31
S7even Large
  • Release date: May 17, 2011
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 3 4 13
House of Groove
  • Release date: September 25, 2012
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, Digital download
 1 2 9
Got 2 Be Groovin’
  • Release date: August 19, 2014
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, DD, Vinyl
Still Euge’
  • Release date: July 22, 2016 [4]
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, DD
Groove On
  • Release date: Nov. 17, 2017
  • Label: Shanachie
  • Format: CD, DD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Promo singles

As lead artist
List of promo singles released as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Jazz
(Smooth)
[2]
"Chillaxin" 2006 3 Just Feels Right
"Born 2 Groove" 2007 1 Born 2 Groove
"Mr. Groove" 2008 2
"Religify" 1
"Slow Jam" 2009 15
"Sunday Morning" 1 Sunday Morning
"All for You" 2010 3
"S7ven Large" 2011 4 S7ven Large
"The Funky Bunch" 12
"House of Groove" 2012 1 House of Groove
List of promo singles released as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Jazz
(Smooth)
[2]
"Lay It On Me" (with Brian Simpson) 2010 28 South Beach

Other appearances

As sideman
List of albums, where Groove appears as sideman[6]
Album Year Artist Notes
Exposure 1987 Exposé Saxophone
Small World 1988 Huey Lewis and the News Sax (tenor)
Captain Swing 1989 Michelle Shocked
That We Do Know Uncle Festive Sax (alto), sax (soprano), sax (tenor)
Brigade 1990 Heart Sax (tenor)
The Simpsons Sing the Blues The Simpsons
Spellbound 1991 Paula Abdul
Shadows of Urbano Michael Colina
Power of Suggestion Richard Elliot Assistant producer, drum programming, keyboards
Rush Street Richard Marx Saxophone
Warm Your Heart Aaron Neville Sax (alto)
The Steve Pryor Band The Steve Pryor Band Sax (tenor)
Luck of the Draw Bonnie Raitt
Monster on a Leash Tower of Power Sax (alto), sax (tenor)
Duets 1993 Elton John Horn
MMC MMC
Working Class 1994 Pete Anderson Sax (tenor)
Paid Vacation Richard Marx Horn
Driving Beverly Hills Mark Portmann
Mysterious 1995 David Royal Saxophone
Flesh and Bone 1997 Richard Marx Horn
Eros Live 1998 Eros Ramazzotti Keyboards, saxophone
Kisses in the Rain 2001 Rick Braun Sax (tenor)
Glow Peter White Saxophone
Right Here, Right Now 2003 David Benoit Guest artist, sax (tenor)
Full Circle 2006 Guest artist, main personnel, saxophone
  • For every year (here reported chronologically) the albums are listed alphabetically by the last name of the artist.

Notes
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References
  1. General reference for the albums:
  2. Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United States charts:
  3. http://www.eugegroove.com
  4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-euge-mw0002949597
  5. http://www.eugegroove.com
  6. General references for his appearances as sideman:
  7. "Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  8. "Heatseekers Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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