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GROVER WASHINGTON JR: INNER CITY BLUES

Item# B001102702
$12.99

Product Description

2008 Remastered version of this 1971 date, Washington's first as a leader, after playing and recording with the small organ combos of Charles Earland and Johnny "Hammond" Smith. It's unheard-of for a jazz musician to make his debut complete with strings, horns, and vocal group, but Washington apparently got the opportunity when the backing tracks were in place for a Hank Crawford album and Crawford was out of the country. Washington brings a lot of himself to this music, making personal statements of two contemporary Marvin Gaye songs, "Inner City Blues" and "Mercy, Mercy Me," and the standards "Georgia on My Mind" and "I Loves You, Porgy." He also puts together an effective combination of Bill Withers's "Ain't No Sunshine" and J.J. Johnson's "Theme from Man and Boy." Whether it's the tight combo of "Inner City Blues" or the full-blown orchestra with strings and backing vocals, this is soul jazz of the first rank.
Tracks:
1. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
2. Georgia on My Mind
3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
4. Ain't No Sunshine/Theme from "Man and Boy" (Better Days)
5. Until It's Time for You to Go
6. I Loves You, Porgy

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