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To: mylife
GROVER WASHINGTON, JR

1943-1999 :(
307 posted on 04/11/2008 7:37:53 PM PDT by luvie (The Republican Party is strongest when it is fearlessly conservative! RL \:D/)
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To: LUV W

Bummer. He was great on sax


312 posted on 04/11/2008 7:39:42 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: LUV W
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Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz musician. Along with John Klemmer, George Benson, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of the smooth jazz genre.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mr. Magic", "Black Frost", 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" (still in regular rotation on radio today) and Phyllis Hyman on "A Sacred Kind of Love". He is also remembered for his take on a Dave Brubeck classic, called "Take Another Five", and for his hit "Soulful Strut"

317 posted on 04/11/2008 7:42:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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