Grover Washington Jr.

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composer human musician recording artist saxophonist

Grover Washington Jr. was a pioneering American saxophonist and composer widely regarded as one of the founders of smooth jazz, known for hits like "Just the Two of Us" and "Mister Magic."

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Grover Washington Jr. canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1999 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Bill Withers ⓘ
Patti LaBelle ⓘ
Phyllis Hyman ⓘ
The Roots ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-12-17 ⓘ
familyName Washington ⓘ
fullName Grover Washington Jr. self-link ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
givenName Grover ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
baritone saxophone ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
movement smooth jazz ⓘ
notableAchievement considered a pioneer of smooth jazz ⓘ
notableAlbum Reed Seed ⓘ
Skylarkin' ⓘ
notableWork Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) ⓘ
surface form: Inner City Blues

Just the Two of Us ⓘ
Let It Flow (For Dr. J) ⓘ
Mister Magic ⓘ
Winelight ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Buffalo ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel CTI Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
Kudu Records ⓘ

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Marcus Miller → collaboratedWith → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
Richie Havens → collaboratedWith → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
CTI All-Stars → member → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
Richard Tee → workedWith → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
CTI Records → notableArtist → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
Grover Washington Jr. → fullName → Grover Washington Jr. self-link ⓘ
Idris Muhammad → associatedAct → Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ