Grover Washington Jr.

[lefty007]

So, I have Grover Jr.'s "Ultimate Collection" CD. The album is filled with the funkiest and smoothest bass lines from the '70s. I know young Marcus Miller played on "Just the two of us." But the rest of the songs seem to have nothing but P-Bass in them.

Anybody know who played on this albums? This particular album is a compilation, so I guess I'm referring to several of his '70s albums.

Anthony Jackson?

I googgled it up, but couldn't find anything.

Thanks.

[James Hart]

not sure about your disc.. but I listen to "Live at the Bijou" a lot and it's got Tyrone Brown tearing it up with a gritty P bass tone.

http://www.dreamboxmedia.com/disco.htm

[steveb98]

I think Gordon Edwards was on some of the early CTI stuff of Grover's. You want to get blown away their is a live Grover in concert DVD with a young Anthony Jackson play his famous Career Girl JBass.

[JSCHRO7376]

Chuck Webb was with Grover Washingtin Jr. for quite some time; I am pretty certain that he is playing bass on a few tunes.

[Rodriguez]

Is it on Columbia Records? I'm on the Latin tune. I was in the band for a year in '93 .... had some great moments.

Easy,
R

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by Rodriguez

Is it on Columbia Records? I'm on the Latin tune. I was in the band for a year in '93 .... had some great moments.

Easy,
R

very cool!

[jerry]

Gary King played the classic line on Mr. Magic. Grover's records always had sweet bass grooves on them. +1, on James Hart's Live At The Bijou recommendation, I wore that album out learning and playing Tyrone Brown's grooves in the 70's......Lock It In The Pocket anyone.

[Dr. Cheese]

I remember seeing Gary King on the back of a Bob James CD. He had some sort of semi-solid body bass guitar. Anyone know if he used that bass often?

[jerry]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

I remember seeing Gary King on the back of a Bob James CD. He had some sort of semi-solid body bass guitar. Anyone know if he used that bass often?

He used that bass on a lot of those 70's recordings, I forget the brand name though. It had a unique tone.

[markjazzbassist]

allmusic.com has the following bassists listed in the credits for that CD.

Marcus Miller, Gary King, Tyrone Brown, Ron Carter, Louis Johnson, and Cedric A. Napoleon.

I know Gary was on Mister Magic and Black Frost.

[pocket_groover]

He's one of my favorites. I saw him in the 70's and for the last three years before he passed away. His live version of "Let It Flow" just cooks! You can see/hear one version on the "Standing Room Only" DVD.

[lukaas]

Grover Washinton Jr in Concert.

View Video Jazz Series,
ISDN 0 8030 2327 8

Awesome dvd,

Steve Gadd, Ralphie MacDonald, AJ, Eric Gale...

[lefty007]

Thanks, all. I'm checking all references. I'm afraid to admit that I have never heard of Gary King, Tyrone Brown, and Cedric A. Napoleon were, before this thread.

Good to know.

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by lefty007

Thanks, all. I'm checking all references. I'm afraid to admit that I have never heard of Gary King, Tyrone Brown, and Cedric A. Napoleon were, before this thread.

Good to know.

No reason to be afraid to admit it... just take notes I keep a text document on my desktop and whenever someone or some band is mentioned that I don't know in context to stuff I do dig... I copy/paste it to that file. I think I could buy a disc a day till the end of my days and never run out of new music

[Bass Boy]

Originally Posted by steveb98

You want to get blown away their is a live Grover in concert DVD with a young Anthony Jackson play his famous Career Girl JBass.

How is the video/audio on this? I've been thinking of buying it but have read some bad reviews about the digital transfer.

[lukaas]

Its not quite "magnificent audiophile quality" that the dvd suggests but it is not bad~ considering the age of the content, its really quite good.

Definitely Definitely worth buying....