Euge Groove discography
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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 Exposé's number-one hit single, "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. In the late 1990s, he began a solo career and published his first solo studio album, Euge Groove (2000) for Warner Bros. Records. The album was a low seller but peaked at number 25 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart in Billboard magazine. The follow-up, Play Date (2002), peaked at number 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 number four on the contemporary jazz chart. Just Feels Right was released in 2005, peaking at No. 3 and spawning Groove's first jazz hit, "Chillaxin" (2006), which reached number three on the Smooth Jazz Songs chart.
In 2007, Groove reached the commercial peak publishing Born 2 Groove. It reached number one on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and spawned four smooth jazz hits, including his first two number-one singles: "Born 2 Groove" and "Religify". After this 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 number two and contains two top ten hits, including the number-one hit from the same name. S7even Large (2011) peaked at number three and had one top ten hit. In 2012, Groove came back on the top of the albums chart with House of Groove, which spawned another number-one hit with the title track.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz (Cont) [2] |
US Jazz [2] |
US Heat [2] | |||||||||||
| Euge Groove |
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25 | 41 | — | |||||||||
| Play Date |
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10 | 13 | — | |||||||||
| Livin' Large |
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4 | 7 | — | |||||||||
| Just Feels Right |
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3 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
| Born 2 Groove |
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1 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
| Sunday Morning |
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2 | 10 | 31 | |||||||||
| S7ven Large |
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3 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||
| House of Groove |
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1 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| Got 2 Be Groovin’ |
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2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Still Euge |
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1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Groove On! |
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2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Sing My Song |
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5 | |||||||||||
| Comfort Zone |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Singles
Promo singles
As lead artist
| 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 |
As featured artist
| 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
| 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.