"Groovathon” offers 80 minutes of tight arrangements, intricate horns, and excellent compositions. JazzChronic, a quintet from Athens, Georgia, utilizes keyboards, guitar, and saxophone to make a sonically appealing mix of tracks. Their first album “Share the Wealth” was my introduction to the band, and it offered an energetic array of tracks to please the uninitiated. Tracks like “Drop Tha Funk” and “Spank Your Mom” made me crack a smile, and the album nestled itself into high rotation on the strength of those tracks and others. After placing “Share the Wealth” as my Homegrown Music Network “Staff Pick” for January 2011, I was pleased to hear that “Groovathon” would be soon in release. JazzChronic features the talents of Howard Stroud on keys, Leon Campbell on drums, Bill Baker on bass, Justin Willis on guitar, and Gnarly G on saxophones. A bevy of guest musicians appear on “Groovathon,” adding layers of trumpet, tuba, synthesizers and slide guitar. The resulting recipes are challenging, well composed, and epic in scope. The 12 tracks of “Groovathon” run nearly 80 minutes in duration, and present lots of twists and turns to chew on. “Groovathon” begins with the enthusiastic “Future Classic,” driven by tight horns, skittering guitar, and mellifluous keys. Horns swell, alternate with guitar, and establish a nice jumping off point for the album. The title track is a lengthy, extended opus that utilizes horns, guitars, and keys in trademark fashion. “Peace of Me” displays year