Kudu Records publish Grover Washington, Jr’s debut album : ‘Inner City Blues’ (1972)

Grover Washington, Jr’s ‘Inner City Blues’ is his debut album produced By Creed Taylor and released on January 3, 1972 by Kudu Records.

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Track Listing : 1.Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye) – 07:10 . 2.Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 04:38 . 3.Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (Marvin Gaye) – 05:07 . 4.Until It’S Time For You To Go (Buffy Saint-Marie) – 04:35 . 5.I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin, Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 05:05 . 6.Ain’T No Sunshine (Bill Withers)/Theme From Man And Boy (J.J. Johnson) – 08:32

Musicians : Eugene Young – Trumpet, Flugelhorn . Thad Jones – Trumpet, Flugelhorn . Wayne Andre – Trombone . Don Ashworth – Bass . Bob James – Electric Piano, Arranger, Conductor . Richard Tee – Organ . Eric Gale – Guitar . Ron Carter – Bass, Electric Bass . Idris Muhammad – Drums . Airto Moreira – Percussion . Hilda Harris – Vocals . Marilyn Jackson – Vocals . Maretha Stewart – Vocals . Tasha Thomas – Vocals . Julius Brand – Violin . Paul Gershman – Violin . Julius Held – Violin . Leo Kahn – Violin . Harry Katzman – Violin . Raoul Poliakin – Violin . Max Pollikoff – Violin . Paul Winter – Violin . Paul Winter Consort – Violin . Maurice Brown – Cello . Charles Mccracken – Cello . Alan Shulman – Cello . Anthony Sophos – Cello

Production : Produced By Creed Taylor . Rudy Van Gelder – Engineer . Kevin Reeves – Mastering

Package : Hollis King – Art Direction . Bob Ciano – Design . Isabelle Wong – Design . Steve Salmieri – Photography

Recorded September 1971 At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs.

Released On January 3, 1972 By Kudu Records.

(Source Grover Washington, Jr. – Inner City Blues | Grover Washington, Jr. @ Wikipedia)

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JazzWax
The LP also launched the smooth jazz genre and transformed Washington from an r&b player to an instrumental star with a distinctive sound. After Inner City Blues (and What’s Going On, for that matter), jazz was never quite the same. Musicians tended to divide into two major hybrid camps—jazz-rock and jazz-soul—in an effort to remain current, stay on the radioand survive economically. – […]

Birchy @ RateYourMusic
Motown Jazz! Grover’s brand of fusion is a kind of disco with soul and blues. Can you believe he has been accused by critics of corrupting the young? […]

Jazz.com
Opening with a siren-accented soulful simmer, Washington and his tight ensemble steadily build the tune into a potent jam, with Washington’s sax wailing urgently over top. […]

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