Grover Washington, Jr. - Prime Cuts: The Columbia Years 1987-1999

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Artist: Grover Washington, Jr.

Title: Prime Cuts: The Columbia Years 1987-1999

Year Of Release: 1999

Label: Columbia

Genre: Smooth Jazz

Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3

Total Time: 58:46 min

Total Size: 355 MB / 134 MB

Tracklist:

01. Take Five (Take Another Five)

02. Sacred Kind Of Love

03. Only For You (Siempre Para Ti Sere)

04. Please Send Me Someone To Love

05. Strawberry Moon

06. Summer Nights

07. Heat Index

08. Next Exit

09. Blues For Dp

10. Soulful Strut (The Top Down Version)

11. The Love In His Infant Eyes

12. The Night Fantastic

13. Protect The Dream

14. My foolish heart

 

Washington's Columbia material wasn't quite as rapturous as his landmark records from the '70s (most notably Inner City Blues and Mister Magic), which minted the template for the smooth jazz. But Prime Cuts offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of a surprisingly adventurous period in the soulful saxophonist's career, which was tragically cut short by his death at age 56 in late 1999. There are classic Washington grooves like "Strawberry Moon" and his version of Brubeck's "Take Five," both songs showcasing his luminescent tone and sinuous inflections. "Only for You" and "Summer Nights" pour soothing horn phrases over lively percussion, while "Blues for D.P." puts Washington in a more straightforward, postbop setting with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Grady Tate. Of the three previously unissued tracks, "Heat Index," suffers from a stilted arrangement and not enough bottom-tone organ; a new rendition of "Soulful Strut" is marvelous but only marginally different than the original; and "The Night Fantastic" is a relatively standard workout enhanced by Washington's dulcet modulations and quickly punctuated crescendoes. The closer, "Protect the Dream," delivers the giddy eddies and melodic swoons most listeners now associate with Kenny G--except that Grover's are invested with twice as much soul. -- Britt Robson

 

 

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