Winelight is a 1980 studio album by jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. The record received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album was released by Elektra Records. It includes the Grammy Award-winning hit “Just the Two of Us” sung by Bill Withers. The track “In the Name of Love” from […]
“Just The Two of Us” is a song written by Bill Withers, William Salter, and Ralph MacDonald, and recorded by Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers on vocals. It was released in February 1981 through Elektra Records. Muscians Bass Marcus Miller Drums Steve Gadd Guitar Eric Gale Fender Rhodes Richard Tee Synthesizer William Eaton Sax […]
The Best Is Yet To Come is a 1982 studio album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr, released via Elektra label. The album includes his major hit “The Best Is Yet to Come” recorded with Patti LaBelle. Tracks 1 Can You Dig It (Ralph MacDonald; William Salter) 05:21 2 The Best Is Yet To […]
Ginseng Woman (Columbia, 1977) is the fourth solo album by guitarist Eric Gale. Tracks 1 Gingseng Woman (Bob James) 07:42 2 Red Ground (Eric Gale) 03:50 3 Sara Smile (John Oates; Daryl Hall) 06:20 4 De Rabbit (Eric Gale) 06:18 5 She Is My Lady (Morgan Ames) 06:11 6 East End, West End (Eric Gale) […]
A Secret Place is the sixth album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. and his last studio album for Kudu Records. The album topped the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and reached number seven on the Soul Albums chart in 1977. “Tenor and soprano saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. was faced with an almost impossible task in […]
Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer. Throughout the […]
Heads is the fifth album by jazz musician Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed at the time by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are now distributed by E1 Music. The album […]
Mister Magic is the fourth album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., released in February 1975. The album topped both the soul and jazz albums chart and peaked at number ten on the pop chart. Tracks 1 Earth Tones (Bob James) 12:23 2 Passion Flower (Billy Strayhorn) 05:36 3 Mister Magic (Ralph MacDonald) 09:01 4 […]
Power Of Soul is an album by Idris Muhammad, released in 1974 on Kudu. Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer who recorded with Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, Bob James, and Tete Montoliu. Muhammad had an extensive and varied career performing across jazz, […]
A Jazzy Wonderland is an album by various artists ( Harry Connick Jr, Branford Marsalis, Richard Tee, Grover Washington Jr, Kirk Whalum and many others). It was released in 1990 on CBS Records. Tracks 1 This Christmas (Donny Hathaway; Nadine McKinnor) 03:57 2 Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (Haven Gillespie; Fred Coots) 04:59 3 […]