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Grover Washington Jr.: Winelight

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Label: Elektra/Asylum Records
Released: 1980
Time:
 38:12
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Grover Washington Jr., Ralph McDonald
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.groverwashingtonjr.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1997.07.22
Price in €: 13,99



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[1] Winelight (Eaton) - 7:32
[2] Let It Flow (For "Dr. J.) (Washington) - 5:52
[3] In the Name of Love (MacDonald/Salter) - 5:26
[4] Take Me There (Washington) - 6:16
[5] Just the Two of Us (MacDonald/Salter/Withers) - 7:23
[6] Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba) (Washington) - 6:32

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GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. - Alto Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

BILL WITHERS - Vocals
RALPH MACDONALD - Percussion, Conga, Producer, Syndrum
RAY CHEW - Clavinet
BILL EATON - Arranger, Conductor
STEVE GADD - Drums
ERIC GALE - Guitar
ROBERT GREENRIDGE - Steel Drums
PAUL GRIFFIN - Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
HILDA HARRIS - Background Vocals
YVONNE LEWIS - Background Vocals
ULLANDA MCCULLOUGH - Background Vocals
MARCUS MILLER - Bass
RICHARD TEE - Fender Rhodes
ED WALSH - Oberheim 8 Voice

RICHARD L. ALDERSON - Engineer
VLADIMIR MELLER - Mastering
JIM SHEA - Photography
PAUL SILVERTHORNE - Production Coordination
DON HUNSTEIN - Photography
RON CORO - Art Direction, Design

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WINELIGHT, featuring the track "Just The Two Of Us," went platinum and garnered two Grammy awards.



Winelight combined total commerciality with unfailing good taste. Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. hit on a sure-fire funk success formula, and en route to the bank he blew some very pleasant stuff. Washington extended the soul-jazz set tradition of Arnett Cobb, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine and others. Within that middle-of-the-road entertainment contest -- always responsive to popular trends -- he did indeed get down. Essentially Winelight was top-of-the-line mood music, soothing, relaxing, and eminently danceable.

Ben Sandmel, Downbeat



Grover Washington, Jr., has long been one of the leaders in what could be called rhythm & jazz, essentially R&B-influenced jazz. Winelight is one of his finest albums, and not primarily because of the Bill Withers hit "Just the Two of Us." It is the five instrumentals that find Washington (on soprano, alto and tenor) really stretching out. If he had been only interested in sales, Washington's solos could have been half as long and he would have stuck closely to the melody. Instead he really pushes himself on some of these selections, particularly the title cut. A memorable set of high-quality and danceable soul jazz.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide
 

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