Jazz aficionados and high end audio enthusiasts alike are excited about
the forthcoming release of jazz legend Grover Washington, Jr.'s “Winelight”
album on 5.1 Hybrid SACD from Audio Fidelity in association with ETrain
Records. With “Winelight”, Grover Washington, Jr. produced a magical collection
of jazz and soul with a touch of pop. He set the standard for the smooth jazz
genre - the band is tight, the solos terrific and the arrangements understated
and tasteful. The 1980 double-Grammy award winning album was Washington's most
successful album and remains one of the smooth jazz masterpieces.
Top to
bottom “Winelight” is superb, masterfully recorded and perhaps best-known for
the hit “Just the Two of Us” sung by Bill Withers, but it is the five
instrumental tracks that find Grover Washington, Jr. (on soprano, alto, and
tenor) really stretching out. He was joined by percussionist (and producer)
Ralph MacDonald and also the incomparable Steve Gadd (drums) and Eric Gale
(guitar).
Grover
Washington, Jr., had long been one of the leaders in what could be called
rhythm & jazz, essentially R&B-influenced jazz. The music world lost a
great musician when the late Grover Washington Jr. passed away in 1999.
Fortunately, he left so many classic albums to cherish and “Winelight” is one
of those time-honored works that must be included in any worthy music
collection.
Tracks:
Winelight
Let It
Flow (For “Dr. J”)
In the
Name of Love
Take Me
There
Just the
Two of Us
Make Me
a Memory (Sad Samba)
Album
and Surround Sound Remix Produced by Ralph MacDonald
Surround
Sound Remix Engineered & Mixed by Elliot Scheiner
Stereo
mix mastered for this release by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
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