House Full Of Love (Music from The Cosby Show) Featuring Grover Washington, Jr. (1986)
1 Resthaterian
2 Camille
3 Love in its proper place
4 Poppin'
5 Kitchen Jazz
6 Clair (Phylicia)
7 The huxtable kids
8 Outstretched hands (Gloria)
9 Look at this
10 A house full of love
Strawberry Moon (1987)
1 Strawberry Moon
2 The Look of Love
3 Shivaree Ride
4 Caught a Touch of Your Love
5 Maddie's Blues
6 I Will Be Here For You
7 Monte Carlo Nights
8 Keep In Touch
9 Summer Nights
Then And Now (1988)
1 Blues for D.P.
2 Just Enough
3 French Connection
4 Something Borrowed, Something Blue
5 Lullaby for Shana Bly
6 Stolen Moments
7 In a Sentimental Mood
8 Stella by Starlight
Time Out of Mind (1989)
1 Jamaica
2 Gramercy Park
3 Sacred Kind of Love
4 Brand New Age
5 Fly Away
6 Don't Take Your Love From Me
7 Time Out of Mind
8 Split Second (Act II, The Bar Scene)
9 Nice-N-Easy
10 Unspoken Love
11 Protect the Dream
Next Exit (1992)
1 Take Five (Take Another Five)
2 Your Love
3 Only For You [Siempre Para D'sera]
4 Greene Street
5 Next Exit
6 I Miss Home
7 Love Like This
8 Summer Chill
9 Till You Return to Me
10 Get On Up
11 Check Out Grover
All My Tomorrows (1994)
1 E Preciso Perdoar [One Must Forgive]
2 When I Fall In Love
3 I'm Glad There Is You
4 Happenstance
5 All My Tomorrows
6 Nature Boy
7 Please Send Me Someone to Love
8 Overjoyed
9 Flamingo
10 For Heaven's Sake
11 Estate ("Ess-Tah-Tay") (In Summer)
Soulful Strut (1996)
1 Soulful Strut
2 Can You Stop the Rain
3 Play That Groove For Me
4 Bordertown
5 I Can Count the Times
6 Village Groove
7 Headman's Haunt
8 Poacher Man
9 Mystical Force
10 Uptown
Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection (1997)
1 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2 Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
3 The Love In His Infant Eyes
4 Away In a Manger
5 I Wonder As I Wonder
6 Christmas Time Is Here
7 The Magi's Song/A Child Is Born
8 Jesu (Joy of Man's Desiring)
9 The Christmas Song
10 The Christmas Waltz
11 Christmas Day Chant
12 Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) [Instrumental Version]
Aria (Sony Classical) (2000)
1 Je Crois Entendre Encore [I Still Hear Her Sweet Voice] [From The Pearl
2 Pourquoi Me Reveiller? [Why Do You Wake Me?] [From Werther]
3 Flower Duet [From Lakme]
4 Amor Ti Vieta [Love Forbids] [From Fedora]
5 O Mio Babbino Caro [Oh, My Sweet Papa] [From Gianni Schicci]
6 Donna Non Vidi Mai [Never Seen A Woman Like That] [From Manon Lescaut]
7 Ch'ella Mi Creda [Let Her Believe It] [From The Girl of the Golden West
8 My Man's Gone Now [From Porgy and Bess]
9 O Soave Fanciulla [Oh, Sweet Little Lady] [From La Boheme]
10 E Lucevan Le Stelle [The Stars Were Shining] [From Tosca]
11 Au Fond Du Temple Saint [Deep Inside This Holy Place] [From The Pearlfi
12 Vissi D'arte [I Lived For Art] [From Tosca]
Whether he was playing R&B-infused jazz pop or straight-ahead swing, saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. always made one thing clear: he knew how to blow his horns. A thoroughly schooled musician who later learned to play genuine funky jazz with such masters as Johnny ¿Hammond¿ Smith and Charles Earland, Washington perfected a saxophone style that blended melodic elegance with soulful grit. His work on alto, tenor and soprano was a model of authentic communication; when he played, you listened, entranced by his from-the-heart tone and singing phrasing.
His work for Columbia made a good case for his diversity. There are plenty of fine albums that mix R&B, jazz and pop into a heady brew, including Strawberry Moon, Time Out of Mind, Next Exit and Soulful Strut. On these popular recordings, Washington shares space with the likes of icons Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis and B. B. King; singers Lalah Hathaway and Levi Stubbs, and A-list players including Marcus Miller and Joey DeFrancesco.
But there were also special projects where Washington made sure that his instrumental prowess was fully noted. Then and Now and All My Tomorrows are straight up jazz albums on which Washington¿s no nonsense playing was set off by such illustrious supporting musicians as bassist Ron Carter, pianists Herbie Hancock, Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan, trumpeter Eddie Henderson and singer Freddy Cole.
But there were even more dimensions to Washington¿s musicianship. His way with a lyrical ballad is demonstrated on the Christmas album, Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection. The biggest surprise of all may have been Aria. On this selection of immortal classical works beautifully adapted for saxophone, Washington asserts that he was every bit the accomplished musician that some, blinded by his commercial success, may have been unaware of.
The most beloved of all Smooth Jazz artists, and one of its very best sellers, in his most prolific period