Tell It Like It Tis

Tell It Like It Tis
Tell It Like It Tis
Studio album by Richard "Groove" Holmes
Released	1966
Recorded	March 1961, August 15, 1961 and 1962
Studio	Pacific Jazz Studios, The Black Orchid and other unidentified studio(s), Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:18
Label	Pacific Jazz; PJ 10105
Producer	Richard Bock
Richard "Groove" Holmes chronology

Released1966

RecordedMarch 1961, August 15, 1961 and 1962

StudioPacific Jazz Studios, The Black Orchid and other unidentified studio(s), Los Angeles, CA

GenreJazz

Tell It Like It Tis is an album led by organist Richard "Groove" Holmes recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label in 1966.^[1]^[2]

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v t e Richard Holmes
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Groove (1961) After Hours (1961 & 1962) Tell It Like It Tis (1961 & 1962) Somethin' Special (with Les McCann, 1962) Soul Message (1965) Misty (1965 & 1966) Soul Mist! (1966) Spicy! (1966) Super Soul (1967) Get Up & Get It! (1967) Soul Power! (1967) The Groover! (1968) That Healin' Feelin' (1968) Welcome Home (1968) Comin' On Home (1971) American Pie (1972) Night Glider (1973) Giants of the Organ Come Together (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973) New Groove (1974) Six Million Dollar Man (1975) Shippin' Out (1977)
Live albums	Groovin' with Jug (with Gene Ammons, 1961) Living Soul (1966) Giants of the Organ in Concert (with Jimmy McGriff, 1973) Onsaya Joy (1974)

v t e Les McCann
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. As Les McCann Ltd is often used in the titles for the albums up to 1964, this has been omitted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	It's About Time (with Teddy Edwards, 1959) The Truth (1960) The Shout (1960) In San Francisco (1960) From the Top of the Barrel (1960) Groove (with Richard "Groove" Holmes and Ben Webster, 1961) In New York (1961) Plays the Shampoo (1961) New from the Big City (1961) Pretty Lady (1961) Les McCann Sings (1961) Somethin' Special (with Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) On Time (1962) The Gospel Truth (1963) Soul Hits (1963) Jazz Waltz (with The Jazz Crusaders, 1963) A Bag of Gold (1963–64) McCanna (1964) Spanish Onions (1964) McCann/Wilson (with Nancy Wilson (1964) But Not Really (1964) Beaux J. Pooboo (1965) Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1965) Les McCann Plays the Hits (1966) Bucket o' Grease (1966) Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC (1967) Much Les (1968) Swiss Movement (and Eddie Harris, 1969) Comment (1969) Invitation to Openness (1971) Second Movement (with Eddie Harris, 1971) Layers (1972) Live at Montreux (1972) Talk to the People (1972) Another Beginning (1974)
With others	Tell It Like It Tis (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1962) Stormy Monday (with Lou Rawls, 1962) That's Where It's At (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Straight Ahead (Stanley Turrentine, 1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003)
Soundtracks	Soul To Soul (1971)

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