Rick Holmes

Richard "Rick" Arthur Holmes, Jr., was an American jazz radio disc jockey and Grammy-nominated spoken word recording artist. Holmes was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and after serving in the United States Navy, moved to Los Angeles. He was employed at the US Postal Service while attending the Don Martin School of Broadcasting, and after graduation he began his professional radio career at KBCA Radio 105.1 FM, in Los Angeles, where he worked from 1967 until 1970. Holmes' show "Rick's Affair" featured "Poinciana", in an arrangement by Ahmad Jamal, as its theme song. The show became "Rick's Family Affair" in 1975. Holmes was later hired by KJLH 103.2 FM, owned by Stevie Wonder, where he hosted evening jazz show "Holmes in your Home." As a recording artist, Holmes is known for three albums that combined spiritual jazz and his spoken word recitations: Soul Zodiac, Soul of the Bible and Love, Sex and the Zodiac. The first two albums actually feature the music of the Nat Adderley Sextet, but all three are credited as "Presented by Cannonball Adderley." All three albums are co-produced by David Axelrod. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ho...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)