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| 1. | Aubrey
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| 2. | Masterpiece
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| 3. | Trouble Man
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| 4. | You Are the Sunshine of My Life
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| 5. | Don't Explain
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| 6. | Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
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| 7. | Taurian Matador
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Jazz
Grover Washington, Jr. - Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Airto - Percussion
Alan Raph - Trombone (Bass)
Alfred Brown - Viola
Barbara Massey - Vocals
Bernard Thacker - Vocals
Bernie Glow - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Bill Eaton - Vocals
Billy Cobham - Drums
Bob James & Creations - Arranger, Conductor, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Brooks Tillotson - French Horn
Charles Libove - Violin
Charles McCracken - Cello
Dave Friedman - Percussion
David Nadien - Violin
Donald MacCourt - Bassoon, Woodwind
Eileen Gilbert - Vocals
Elliot Rosoff - Violin
Emanuel Green - Violin
Emanuel Vardi - Viola
Eric Gale - Guitar
Gene Orloff - Violin
George Marge - Flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Woodwind
George Ricci - Cello
Harold Kohon - Violin
Harry Lookofsky - Violin
Harvey Estrin - Flute, Piccolo, Recorder, Woodwind
Hubert Laws - Flute, Piccolo, Woodwind
Idris Muhammad - Drums
Jay Berliner - Guitar
Jim Buffington - French Horn
Joe Malin - Violin
John Frosk - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Jon Faddis - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Kevin Reeves - Mastering
Maeretha Stewart - Vocals
Max Ellen - Violin
Paul Faulise - Trombone (Bass)
Paul Gershman - Violin
Peter Gordon - French Horn
Phil Kraus - Percussion
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Randy Brecker - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Richard Tee - Organ
Romeo Penque - Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Horn (English), Oboe, Piccolo, Woodwind
Ron Carter - Bass, Bass (Electric)
Santo Russo - Trombone
Seymour Barab - Cello
Theodore Israel - Viola
Tony Studd - Trombone (Bass)
Wally Kane - Clarinet, Clarinet (Contrabass), Flute, Sax (Bass), Woodwind
Wayne Andre - Trombone
* Andy Kman - Production Coordination
* Bob Ciano - Cover Design
* Creed Taylor - Producer
* David A. Leffel - Cover Painting
* Harry Weinger - Reissue Supervisor
* Hollis King - Art Direction
* Isabelle Wong - Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
The early work of alto saxophonist and composer Grover Washington, Jr. is a rare and beautiful thing to behold. His entire Kudu period, marked by the albums Inner City Blues, All the King's Horses, Soul Box, Mister Magic, and Feels So Good, is brilliant, solid urban groove jazz played with grace, mean chops, and slippery funkiness. Soul Box, a double LP recorded in 1973, has Creed Taylor's production enhanced by a symphony orchestra and full-blown jazz band arranged and conducted by Bob James. Some of the session men include Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Eric Gale, Idris Muhammad, Airto, and Richard Tee. Soul Box only contains seven cuts. Among them are truly innovative reads of Weather Report's "Taurian Matador," Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," a side-long jam on Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man" (the album's centerpiece and masterpiece), and the deep funk of Norman Whitfield's "Masterpiece." "Trouble Man," however, is the cut on which all the contradictions of the session come to bear and are resolved due in large part to Washington's deeply lyrical improvising and James' ability to layer an orchestra into a groove. There are cadenzas written in after choruses that bring the orchestra in to accent the sketchy funk in the tune and bring out its deep blue hues. When Washington gets to the front of it all, he lets go like he's crying from the heart. On other tracks, the orchestra adds the right drama or sweetness -- as it does on Wonder's cut -- but Washington makes them grittier, with soloing that sidles up to the melody before reinventing it. For its length, Soul Box is a modern classic for its instrumental and arrangement invention and for its deeply emotional bounty.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Grover Washington, Jr.
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Dec 12, 1943 in Buffalo, NY
Died: Dec 17, 1999
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm
One of the most popular saxophonists of all time, Grover Washington, Jr. was long the pacesetter in his field. His roots were in R&B and soul-jazz organ combos, but he also fared very well on the infrequent occasions when he played straight-ahead jazz. A highly influential player, Washington pushed himself with the spontaneity and risk-taking of a masterful jazz musician.
Grover Washington, Jr.'s, father also played saxophone and was his first influence. The younger son started playing music when he was ten, and within two years was working in clubs. He picked up experience touring with the Four Clefs from 1959-1963 and freelancing during the next two years, before spending a couple years in the Army. He moved to Philadelphia in 1967, becoming closely identified with the city from then on, and worked with several organists, including Charles Earland and Johnny Hammond Smith, recording as a sideman for the Prestige label. His biggest break occurred in 1971, when Hank Crawford could not make it to a recording date for Creed Tasylor's Kudu label; Washington was picked as his replacement, and the result was Inner City Blues, a big seller. From then on he became a major name, particularly after recording 1975's Mister Magic and Feels So Good, and later 1980's Winelight; the latter included the Bill Withers hit "Just the Two of Us."
Although some of his recordings since then found him coasting a bit, Washington usually stretched himself in concert. He developed his own personal voices on soprano, tenor, alto, and even his infrequently-used baritone. Grover Washington Jr. recorded as a leader for Kudu, Motown, Elektra, and Columbia and made notable guest appearances on dozens of records ranging from pop to straightforward jazz. He died of a sudden heart attack on December 17, 1999 while taping an appearance on CBS television's The Saturday Early Show; Washington was 56. The posthumous Aria was issued early the following year.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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