{"id":25568,"date":"2024-12-27T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25568"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:29:09","slug":"music-grover-washington-jr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25568","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Grover Washington Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arrived this morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Well, well, well\u2026 I\u2019m just beginning to realise that I love the music of Grover Washington Jr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had Mr Magic<\/em> and Feels So Good<\/em> on vinyl, since my teens. And I loved both albums. But I never took that interest any further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of fool am I? What glorious sounds I\u2019ve been missing out on. Currently playing on the car stereo, is 1976 recording A Secret Place<\/em>. And, by gum, it\u2019s reet good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All killer, no filler would be about right. Or just what it says on the cover of this excellent two-fer: \u2018Two All Time Great Classic Albums\u2019. For once the hype is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To my ears A Secret Place<\/em> could be a pitch perfect dictionary definition of the phrase \u2018make a joyous sound\u2019. It makes me smile, glad to be alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As track three, \u2018Not Yet\u2019, a Grover original, neared its end, I was typing the \u2018all killer no filler\u2019 bit, above, and hoping fervently that the final fourth track wouldn\u2019t let the team down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harvey Mason.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Love Makes It Better\u2019, which closes out this extraordinarily good recording, turns out to be an original by drummer, Harvey Mason. And it certainly doesn\u2019t<\/em> disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a dream team they put together for this album. It\u2019s utterly wonderful, from start to finish. And damn hard to follow\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grover\u2019s second 1972 release.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ll re-listen to all of the tracks on this CD, before coming back to write up anything on All The King\u2019s Horses<\/em>. Rather oddly they\u2019ve put the four tracks of later 1976 release, Secret Place<\/em>, first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is as good a place as any to make a list of Grover albums I\u2019m interested in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inner City Blues, 1972 (Kudu)
All The Kings Horses, 1972 (Kudu)
Soul Box, 1973 (Kudu)
Mr Magic, 1975 (Kudu)
Feels So Good, 1975 (Kudu)
A Secret Place, 1976 (Kudu)
Live At The Bijou, 1977 (Kudu)
Reed Seed, 1978 (Motown)
Paradise, 1979 (Elektra)
Skylarkin\u2019, 1980 (Motown)
Winelight, 1980 (Elektra)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d like to have all his Kudu releases – I\u2019m only missing Feels So Good<\/em> and Live At The Bijou<\/em> – and perhaps Winelight<\/em>? Reed Seed<\/em>, Paradise<\/em> and Skylarkin<\/em>\u2019 I\u2019m less fussed about. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, well, well\u2026 I\u2019m just beginning to realise that I love the music of Grover Washington Jr. I had Mr Magic and Feels So Good on vinyl, since my teens. And I loved both albums. But I never took that interest any further. What kind of fool am I? What glorious sounds I\u2019ve been missing … <\/p>\n
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