Grits & Gravy

Grits & Gravy
Studio album by Eric Kloss
Released	1967
Recorded	December 21 & 22, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige PR 7486
Producer	Cal Lampley
Eric Kloss chronology
Love and All That Jazz (1966) Grits & Gravy (1966) First Class Kloss! (1967)

Grits & Gravy is the third album by saxophonist Eric Kloss which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Eric Kloss' third recording features the soulful yet adventurous altoist in two different settings".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Eric Kloss except as indicated

1. "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Luiz Bonfá, Carl Sigman) - 3:34
2. "Repeat" (Denny Zeitlin) - 3:11
3. "Slow Hot Wind" (Norman Gimbel, Henry Mancini) - 3:02
4. "Gentle One" - 4:01
5. "Grits and Gravy" (Ed Bland) - 2:38
6. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 5:06
7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:05
8. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 10:20

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and December 22 (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), 1966

Personnel

• Eric Kloss - alto saxophone
• Danny Bank - soprano saxophone, flute, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Teddy Charles - vibraphone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Jaki Byard (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Ronald Williams (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - piano
• Billy Butler - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Ronnie Boykins (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - bass
• Alan Dawson (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Robert J. Gregg (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - drums
• Ed Bland - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 5, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 5, 2013
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 120. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.