grover washington jr Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/category/remembering/grover-washington-jr-remembering Celebrating 30 Years Online! Fri, 04 Jan 2019 21:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 grover washington jr Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/category/remembering/grover-washington-jr-remembering 32 32 124780169 How Grover Defined and Transcended ‘Smooth Jazz’ https://contemporaryjazz.com/how-grover-defined-and-transcended-smooth-jazz https://contemporaryjazz.com/how-grover-defined-and-transcended-smooth-jazz#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:00:35 +0000 http://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=3010 The celebration of #GroverWashingtonJrMonth continues with this tribute to the saxman. Grover Washington band members, like bassist Gerald Veasley and keyboardist Bill Jolly, as well as Gerald Albright and Najee are on this Jazz Night in America program. Also, hear David Sanborn on Grover.

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]]> The celebration of #GroverWashingtonJrMonth continues with this tribute to the saxman. Grover Washington band members, like bassist Gerald Veasley and keyboardist Bill Jolly, as well as Gerald Albright and Najee are on this Jazz Night in America program. Also, hear David Sanborn on Grover.

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/how-grover-defined-and-transcended-smooth-jazz/feed 0 3010 December is Grover Washington, Jr. Month https://contemporaryjazz.com/december-is-grover-washington-jr-month https://contemporaryjazz.com/december-is-grover-washington-jr-month#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:21:09 +0000 http://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=3002 To me, December is always Grover Washington, Jr. month. He was born in December and passed away in December.  Grover is a contemporary jazz legend. He was a pioneer in the soul-jazz movement. I can hear his distinctive sound on any recording. There has been no one like him. Let’s celebrate his legacy this month. […]

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Grover Washington, Jr.

To me, December is always Grover Washington, Jr. month. He was born in December and passed away in December. 

Grover is a contemporary jazz legend. He was a pioneer in the soul-jazz movement. I can hear his distinctive sound on any recording. There has been no one like him.

Let’s celebrate his legacy this month. Share your thoughts on Grover. Post a comment here about your favorite recordings, concert memories, etc. Or start this going on Twitter – #GroverWashingtonJrMonth. I’ll be sharing too through December 17, when he suddenly left us.

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/december-is-grover-washington-jr-month/feed 1 3002 A saxophone lineup like no other https://contemporaryjazz.com/a-saxophone-lineup-like-no-other https://contemporaryjazz.com/a-saxophone-lineup-like-no-other#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:29:34 +0000 http://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=2989 Seeing the gathering of living presidents at the George H.W. Bush funeral today made me think of the inauguration of Bill Clinton. That monster gathering of super-saxmen: Sanborn, Brecker, Mulligan, Washington, Jr., Albright, G, Whalum… 

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]]> Seeing the gathering of living presidents at the George H.W. Bush funeral today made me think of the inauguration of Bill Clinton. That monster gathering of super-saxmen: Sanborn, Brecker, Mulligan, Washington, Jr., Albright, G, Whalum… 

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