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Grover Washington Jr
Collection
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Grover Washington, Jr., Gaye, Marvin
2. Ain't No Sunshine/Theme from Man and Boy (Better Days) - Grover Washington, Jr., Johnson, J.J. [Trom
3. Lean on Me - Grover Washington, Jr., Withers, Bill
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Grover Washington, Jr., Gaye, Marvin
5. Masterpiece - Grover Washington, Jr., Whitfield, Norman
6. Trouble Man - Grover Washington, Jr., Gaye, Marvin
7. You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Grover Washington, Jr., Wonder, Stevie
8. Passion Flower - Grover Washington, Jr., Raskin, Milt
9. Moonstreams - Grover Washington, Jr., Washington, Grover
10. Easy Loving You - Grover Washington, Jr., Washington, Grover

UK budget-price compilation for the jazz-soul sax star includes his classic covers of 'Inner City Blues' (Make Me Wanna Holler), 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)' & 'Ain't No Sunshine'. Ten extended workouts from 'Mist... more »

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All Artists: Grover Washington Jr
Title: Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Universal UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/9/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop, R&B
Styles: Jazz Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo, Soul, Quiet Storm
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 044001877827, 0044001877827, 766489325026

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Soulful And Funky by a Stellar Sax Player

D. Roemer | 01/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Seventy-nine minutes of superb renditions of Marvin Gaye, Motown, Bill Withers, and Washington's own . . . each an emotionally moving testimonial to the original song as well as great jazz arrangements with outstanding contributions by Bob James, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammed, and Eric Gale, all

stellar jazz artists in their own right. Urban grooves of the 1970's never sounded better than this: down-home funky licks infused with heartfelt and soulfully extended improvisations of songs already recognized as some of the 1960's classics . . . as the album proclaims "essential"."

Cool collection

Henry Cooper | Atlanta, GA | 06/28/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I really dug the arrangements that's behind this CD. It's Classic Material! Nice vibe, cool production, love the strings, and a kick outta the horns rite there. Everything is on this disc if u love it. I truly love "Masterpiece" which is 12-13 plus minutes long incl. the remake of "Trouble Man" (which is 15 or so minutes long here). Love it to death. That right there if whatcha wanna have. Grover Washington been know as the forefather or frontman of creating the smooth jazz genre which brought it back on top. He was such an inspiration to all future artists worldwide. I greatly miss him.

One of my All-Time Main Sax Pioneers and Musicians always on my Top List. "Lean on Me," "Inner City Blues," "Mercy Mercy Me", "Ain't No Sunshine,", all of that should be heard on this compilation. It's a treat."