🎷 AotW: Kudu Grover Washington, Jr.: Mister Magic (Kudu Records KU-20)

Kudu Records Album of the Week
1673493165511.pngGrover Washington, Jr.: Mister Magic

Kudu Records KU-20
Released 1975
  • A1: Earth Tones /12:23
  • A2: Passion Flower /5:34
  • B1: Mister Magic /9:11
  • B2: Black Frost /6:07
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Grover Washington, Jr.
Arranged By, Conductor, Electric Piano, Piano – Bob James
Baritone Saxophone – Phil Bodner
Bass – Gary King (tracks: A2 to B2), Phil Upchurch (tracks: A1)
Bass Trombone – Tony Studd
Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken
Drums – Harvey Mason
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm
Guitar – Eric Gale
Percussion – Ralph MacDonald
Producer – Creed Taylor
Sleeve Notes – Doug Ramsey
Tenor Saxophone – Jerry Dodgion
Trombone – Wayne Andre
Viola – Al Brown*, Manny Vardi
Violin – David Nadien, Harold Kohon, Harry Glickman, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, November 1974


Amazon product ASIN B000001A5Z




 
This is said to be Grover's most popular album for Kudu. I have to say that I prefer Soul Box a bit more than this one, but this fits Grover's style quite well. Grover's albums helped steer Kudu more into soul than jazz, and it gets harder to find albums based more on jazz from this point forward.
 
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