Jazz
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Grover Washington, Jr.
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Miasto rodzinne
Buffalo, NY, United States
Miejsce urodzenia
December 12, 1943
Gatunek
Jazz
Given a saxophone by his father at age eight, jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr., rose to fame as one of the originators of the smooth jazz sound.
∙ His two mid-’70s jazz-funk LPs, Mister Magic and Feels So Good, were back-to-back Top 10 Pop hits.
∙ The Platinum-selling 1980 album Winelight earned him a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance and was also nominated for Record of the Year.
∙ “Just the Two of Us”—his signature duet with Bill Withers—won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and was reworked by Will Smith into a Top 20 hit in 1998.
∙ Hip-hop duo Outkast prominently sampled his 1975 song “Knucklehead” on their 1994 hit “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.”
∙ Washington appeared in Blues Brothers 2000 as a member of the fictional in-film band, The Louisiana Gator Boys, alongside such legends as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Bo Diddley.
∙ Aria, his posthumously released 2000 album, was acclaimed for its jazz-combo arrangements backed by a 30-piece chamber orchestra.
Inspiracje muzyczneGrover Washington, Jr. czerpie inspiracje muzyczne od Junior Walker & The All Stars, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane i innych.
Pod wpływem Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr. ma wpływ na muzykę Boney James, Kirk Whalum, Kenny G i innych.
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