Grits and Gravy

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Released 1967 Release date 1967 Label Prestige Records		Artist Eric Kloss Producer Cal Lampley Genre Jazz

Recorded December 21 & 22, 1966 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Grits & Gravy (1966) First Class Kloss! (1967) Similar Introducing Eric Kloss, In the Land of the Giants, Sky Shadows, We're Goin' Up, Love and All That Jazz

Grits & Gravy is the third album by saxophonist Eric Kloss which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Eric Kloss' third recording features the soulful yet adventurous altoist in two different settings".

All compositions by Eric Kloss except as indicated

"A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Luiz Bonfá, Carl Sigman) - 3:34
"Repeat" (Denny Zeitlin) - 3:11
"Slow Hot Wind" (Norman Gimbel, Henry Mancini) - 3:02
"Gentle One" - 4:01
"Grits and Gravy" (Ed Bland) - 2:38
"Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 5:06
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:05
"Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 10:20

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and December 22 (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), 1966

Eric Kloss - alto saxophone

Danny Bank - soprano saxophone, flute, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

Teddy Charles - vibraphone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

Jaki Byard (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Ronald Williams (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - piano

Billy Butler - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

Ronnie Boykins (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - bass

Alan Dawson (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Robert J. Gregg (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - drums

Ed Bland - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

1A Day in the Life of a Fool3:30
2Repeat3:05
3A Slow Hot Wind3:00

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