Grover's Motown 'Seed' Is Bearing Fruit A Plenty
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, January 1979
ALTHOUGH on odd occasions they have varied their musical direction – notably into Country & Western for a minute and via the Rare Earth Rock-Pop label – Motown has never made a serious attempt to garner any percentage of the now lucrative jazz market.
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