false 2022-07-17 22:48:27 The Essential Collection 2002 2002-09-09 2002-09-09 79 Jazz Jazz-Funk Smooth Jazz 122846 2176709 7da71431-7e7f-492e-85ee-fdda69ef200f c60e178f-36f1-4169-9c03-84addbdbf104 1d0c6d85-c39f-41b7-93db-59046dd40e37 Grover Washington, Jr. AlbumArtist Grover Washington, Jr. Artist Grover Washington, Jr. Grover Washington, Jr. 1 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 07:11 2 Ain't No Sunshine / Theme From 'Man and Boy' ('Better Days') 08:33 3 Lean On Me 04:24 4 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 05:07 5 Masterpiece 13:17 6 Trouble Man 15:46 7 You Are the Sunshine of My Life 06:02 8 Passion Flower 05:31 9 Moonstreams 05:54 10 Easy Loving You 07:17 Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mister Magic", "Reed Seed", "Black Frost", "Winelight", "Inner City Blues", "Let it Flow (For 'Dr. J')", and "The Best is Yet to Come". In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on "Just the Two of Us", Patti LaBelle on "The Best Is Yet to Come", and Phyllis Hyman on "A Sacred Kind of Love". He is also remembered for his take on the Dave Brubeck classic "Take Five", and for his 1996 version of "Soulful Strut".