Reviews
December, 1981
Grover gets over: At home in a leafy Philadelphia suburb, Grover Washington, Jr., slips onto the turntable the record he has just acquired, after much looking--the old Ray Charles--Betty Carter set on ABC-Paramount. He feasts his ears on the big-band sounds and the vocal harmonies. Then comes the first sax break by David Newman, and Grover is in ecstasy. "Ah," he sighs, "vintage Fathead."If anyone knows good horn playing, it is Grover Washington. His satiny funk records of th...
