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Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12, 1943 - December 17, 1999) has been considered by many to be the founding father of smooth jazz and a master of the jazz-funk genre.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre’s most memorable hits, including
Mister Magic,Black Frost, and The Best Is Yet To Come. In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on Just The Two Of Us(still in regular rotation on radio today) and Phyllis Hyman on A Sacred Kind of Love.
He is also remembered for his take on a Dave Brubeck classic, calledTake Another Five, and for his hit Soulful Strut.
Washington was born in Buffalo, New York, 12 December 1943. Regarded as one of the revolutionaries in jazz music and is considered one of the greatest saxophone players in modern jazz history. He led many others to follow in his footsteps.
Washington’s history was music-filled. His mother was a church chorister, and his father was a collector of old jazz 78s and a saxophonist as well, so music was everywhere in the home. He grew up with the great jazz men and big band leaders like Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and others like them. At the age of 8, with the desire for him to be more than he could be, Grover Sr. gave Jr. a saxophone. He practiced and sneaked into clubs to see famous Buffalo blues musicians.
He left Buffalo and played with a mid-west group called the Four Clefs.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre’s most memorable hits, including
Mister Magic,Black Frost, and The Best Is Yet To Come. In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on Just The Two Of Us(still in regular rotation on radio today) and Phyllis Hyman on A Sacred Kind of Love.
He is also remembered for his take on a Dave Brubeck classic, called
Take Another Five, and for his hit Soulful Strut.Washington was born in Buffalo, New York, 12 December 1943. Regarded as one of the revolutionaries in jazz music and is considered one of the greatest saxophone players in modern jazz history. He led many others to follow in his footsteps.
Washington’s history was music-filled. His mother was a church chorister, and his father was a collector of old jazz 78s and a saxophonist as well, so music was everywhere in the home. He grew up with the great jazz men and big band leaders like Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and others like them. At the age of 8, with the desire for him to be more than he could be, Grover Sr. gave Jr. a saxophone. He practiced and sneaked into clubs to see famous Buffalo blues musicians.
He left Buffalo and played with a mid-west group called the Four Clefs.
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SoulJazzsterInc He gave smooth jazz a good name, and others since then have sullied it. Thank you, Kenny G.[3]
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Neue_regel_ Just The Two Of Us. Yeah baby <3
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