From: sounni.ali@gmail.com   
      
   Like the mighty locomotive train that is its namesake, 8-piece band   
   GroovExpress, made a mighty leap from #9 to #1 on Billboard magazine's   
   Contemporary Jazz Albums chart for the week of September 15 with its third   
   release, Amsterdaam. The soul-jazz    
   fusion band's latest album had only been on the charts for four weeks before   
   landing at the top of the chart. Led by producer/composer/engineer/guitarist   
   Mykeljon Winckel, GroovExpress has been steadily building a loyal fan base   
   over the last six years    
   with its previous releases and live performances. Leading with first single   
   "Geraldine," Amsterdaam jumped over more established American acts such as   
   Dave Koz and Boney James to claim charts top honors.   
      
   Winckel could not be more pleased or surprised. "It was wonderful news to see   
   a life-long dream come to reality," he ecstatically states. "This is awesome   
   and amazing news, I knew when the album was completed we achieved something   
   special, but number #1?!   
   "   
      
   Impeccably radio-friendly, "Geraldine" and Amsterdaam are well on their way   
   with their missions to garner GroovExpress deeper entrenchment into the   
   international contemporary jazz world where guitars and saxes reign supreme.   
      
   GroovExpress is Mykeljon Winckel, guitars and vocals; Ernest Semu, Rhodes,   
   Wurlitzer and piano; Anthony Hunt, organ and clavinet; Trinidad Sanchez III,   
   electric bass; Isaac Sanchez, drums and percussion; "The Angel City Horns"   
   (leader Chris Tedesco,    
   trumpet and Flugelhorn; Robert Kyle; saxophones and flute; Jim McMillen,   
   trombone) with additional percussion by Larry Salzman.   
      
   MJ and his "down under" cohorts were as influenced by annual jazz festivals as   
   they were Casey Kasem's weekly radio show "American Top 40." A fusion of the   
   two was an inevitable reality – Chicago crossed with the CTI crossover jazz   
   productions of Creed    
   Taylor. All of this is sunnily evident in the 11 tracks of Amsterdaam which   
   additionally includes the evocative "Oriental Journey" and "Just Before the   
   Light," the McCartney-esque "In My Heart," one vocal tune "All Night Long," a   
   clever mashup of Robben    
   Ford meets Eric Clapton titled "Blues on the Outside," and the Steely Dan   
   influenced "Thin Blue Line" (‘The Dan' being especially inspiring to   
   Mykeljon in his 5 years of music conservatorium study).   
      
   So, if you ever wondered what's goin' down at the intersection of L.A. Express   
   & Oblivion Express, climb aboard GroovExpress for a smooth cruisin' adventure!    
      
   Website: http://www.groovexpress.me   
   Music: http://www.clyp.it/nccqqkqq   
      
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