Soulful Strut

Grover Washington Jr. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GN1U2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,951 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Soulful Strut

2. Can You Stop the Rain

3. Play That Groove for Me

4. Bordertown

5. I Can Count the Times

6. Village Groove

7. Headman's Haunt

8. Poacher Man

9. Mystical Force

10. Uptown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disposable music from an indisposable legend, March 25, 2002

By 

Todd Ebert (Long Beach California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulful Strut (Audio CD)

The two aspects of jazz I enjoy most are the complex
rhythms that it tends to offer as well as the interaction
between musicians and their instruments. Unfortunately little of
that exists on this recording. Although it may work for some listenters, I find electronic drum beats and a general lack of musical accompanyment a tragedy of modern music. I know, it's the music that tends to sell these days, but if it wasn't for Grover's sax playing, there would be little if any soul or swing on this recording. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy a few of the tracks: Village Groove, Headman's Haunt, and Mystical Force, but I need more than three tracks to induce me to queue up a cd for full listening. I fully understand that Grover has always been into funk and soul jazz, but considering the quality music he has made in the past, I'm surprised that toward the end of his career his music devolved into something one would hear in an elevator.

4.0 out of 5 stars Just not the classic Grover, October 26, 2009

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ShopAround Diva "GroovDiva" (New Orleans & D. C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulful Strut (Audio CD)

Just as a couple of other interviewers said, one should not use this recording to introduce someone (who has never heard of GW Jr.) to Mr. Washington's music. While this album does have its own lyrical highlights("Poacher Man") and musical gems("Mystical Force," "Play that Groove For Me"), it's just not as rich, layered, and live as any of his albums from the '70s & '80s. If you've never heard of him before, consider first his calling card song, or his claim to fame: The title song "Mister Magic" from a well-known '70s album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful music, October 8, 2004

By 

Angela Hwang "jazz lover" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soulful Strut (Audio CD)

Smooth, beautiful playing, every bit as lovely as "Winelight", which was the first album of Grover Washington's I ever heard and the one that made me fall in love with his playing.