Inner City Blues (Grover Washington, Jr. album)
| Inner City Blues | ||||
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| Studio album by Grover Washington, Jr. | ||||
| Released | January 3, 1972 | |||
| Recorded |
September 1971 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 35:07 | |||
| Label |
Kudu Records KU-03 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Grover Washington, Jr. chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Inner City Blues is the debut album by saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.. It was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in September 1971 and released in 1972. The title track was a cover of the recent hit by Marvin Gaye released in June 1971. The album also includes a cover of Bill Withers' hit "Ain't No Sunshine", released shortly before recording this album. In 2008, it was reissued on CD by Verve Records.
Track listing
- "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.) - 7:10
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 4:38
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (Gaye) - 5:07
- "Until It's Time for You to Go" (Buffy Saint-Marie) - 4:35
- "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin, Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:05
- "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)/theme from "Man and Boy" (J.J. Johnson) - 8:32
Personnel
- Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Eugene Young, Thad Jones - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Wayne Andre - trombone
- Don Ashworth - bass
- Bob James - electric piano, arranger, conductor
- Richard Tee - organ
- Eric Gale - guitar
- Ron Carter - bass, electric bass
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Airto Moreira - percussion
- Hilda Harris, Marilyn Jackson, Maretha Stewart, Tasha Thomas - vocals
Strings
- Julius Brand
- Paul Gershman
- Julius Held
- Leo Kahn
- Harry Katzman
- Raoul Poliakin
- Max Pollikoff - violin
- Paul Winter - violin
- Anthony Sophos - cello
- Alan Shulman - cello
- Maurice Brown
- Charles McCracken
References
- ↑ Inner City Blues (Grover Washington, Jr. album) at AllMusic
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 203. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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