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Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) [1] [2] was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson , he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the smooth jazz genre. [ 3 ]
Grover Washington, Jr. 4:57: 3. "Be Mine (Tonight)" (Lead Vocals – Grady Tate) Ralph MacDonald, William Eaton, William Salter: 6:38: 4. "Reaching Out" Grover Washington, Jr. 4:08: 5. "Jamming" Bob Marley: 5:05: 6. "Little Black Samba" (Lead Vocals – Grady Tate) Ralph MacDonald, William Eaton, William Salter: 5:42: 7. "Making Love to You ...
A reviewer of India Today noted "Basically a rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, Grover Washington Jr is in the groove also on the trombone and trumpet. Of course, the saxophone remains his forte. Listen to "When I fall in love", "For heaven's sake" and "I'm glad there is you" on this album, and you'll be strongly recommending it to all your friends ...
The Best Is Yet to Come is a 1982 studio album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr., released via the Elektra label. The album includes his major hit " The Best Is Yet to Come " recorded with Patti LaBelle .
Scott Yanow of AllMusic commented: "One of the most electrifieds of Grover Washington, Jr.'s albums, this Columbia set features the popular saxophonist (who plays soprano, alto and tenor) joined by oversized rhythm sections and plenty of keyboards on a variety of funky and danceable material. Not one of Washington's more essential releases (his ...
Thom Jurek of AllMusic stated: "This is an amazing debut in so many ways, and it was followed by a run of albums for the label through the end of the '70s when Washington left for Elektra. Inner City Blues remains standing today as a landmark and a turning point in jazz."
Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, Prophet-5, ocarina, arrangements (1, 2, 3) Richard Tee – acoustic piano, electric piano; Eric Gale – guitars; Marcus Miller – bass; Idris Muhammad – drums; Ralph MacDonald – percussion, Syndrums; Additional musicians. Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (1)
In the year-end charts, the song placed as the 16th biggest hit of that year in Canada. In most territories "Lover of Mine" was the third single off the album instead of "Still Got This Thing", following "Love Is", except in Australia and New Zealand where they followed the Canadian single releases schedule and it was the fourth single. "Lover ...