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Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999)  was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Dave Grusin, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.  He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer. Smooth Jazz Artists, Chuck Mangione, Smooth Jazz Music, Grover Washington, Castles In The Sky, Jazz Saxophonist, God Only Knows, Bill Withers, Pet Sounds

Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Dave Grusin, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer.

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Grover Washington (1943-1999) • Smooth Jazz Artists, Smooth Jazz Music, Grover Washington, Jazz Saxophonist, Bill Withers, Music Trivia, Saxophones, Acid Jazz, Jazz Artists

Grover Washington was a popular American jazz saxophonist, with a style reflecting soul-jazz and jazz funk, as well as a songwriter, throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Buffalo, New York, on December 12, 1943, to Grover Washington Sr., a tenor saxophonist, and Lillian Washington, a church chorister. Washington was surrounded by musicians, including a brother who was an organist in church choirs and another brother who played the drums. At the age of 8, Washington’s father gave him a…

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