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Skylarkin' (Grover Washington Jr. album)

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Released
  
1980

Skylarkin' (1980)
  
Winelight (1980)

Release date
  
1980

Producer
  
Grover Washington Jr.

Recorded
  
October 1979

Artist
  
Grover Washington Jr.

Genre
  
R&B/soul

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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Studio
  
Rosebud Recording, New York City, New York

Grover Washington Jr. albums
  
A Secret Place, Live at The Bijou, All the King's Horses, Reed Seed, Soul Box

Grover washington jr skylarkin


Skylarkin' is a 1980 album by jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Easy Loving You" 7:17
  2. "Bright Moments" 6:25 (Roland Kirk)
  3. "Snake Eyes" 4:25
  4. "I Can't Help It" 6:26 (Stevie Wonder, Susaye Greene)
  5. "Love" 5:18 (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, David Stevens)
  6. "Open Up Your Mind (Wide)" 6:06 (Ronnie Wilson, Charlie Wilson)

All tunes written by Grover Washington Jr. except as noted parenthetically above.

Personnel

  • Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, synthesizer (Prophet 5), ocarina
  • Richard Tee – acoustic and electric piano
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Marcus Miller – bass
  • Idris Muhammad – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
    • Additional musicians
  • Jon Faddis – flugelhorn
  • Alexander Otley – trumpet
  • Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (solo)
  • Paul Griffin – Clavinet
  • Ed Walsh – Oberheim 8-voice synthesizer
  • Grover Washington Jr., William Eaton - arrangements
  • William Eaton - conductor
    • Technical
  • Richard Alderson - engineer
  • Scott Charles - production coordination
  • Ginny Livingston, John Cabalka - art direction
  • Bill Imhoff - cover illustration

    • Songs

    1Easy Loving You7:17
    2Bright Moments6:28
    3Snake Eyes4:30

    References

    Skylarkin' (Grover Washington Jr. album) Wikipedia
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