Winelight

Winelight
Studio album by Grover Washington, Jr.
Released 1980
Recorded June & July 1980 at Rosebud Recording Studio, New York City, New York
Genre Smooth jazz
Length 39:01
Label Elektra
Producer Grover Washington, Jr., Ralph MacDonald
Grover Washington, Jr. chronology
Skylarkin'
(1980)
Winelight
(1980)
Come Morning
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
SputnikMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Winelight is a 1980 album by jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. It received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album was released by Elektra Records. It includes the Grammy Award-winning[3] hit "Just the Two of Us" sung by Bill Withers. The track "In the Name of Love" from the album was also released in rearranged form, without Washington's saxophone track, under the name of Ralph MacDonald and Bill Withers (on vocals).

Track listing

  1. "Winelight" (William Eaton) - 7:32
  2. "Let It Flow (For "Dr. J")" (Grover Washington, Jr.) - 5:52
  3. "In the Name of Love" (William Salter, Ralph MacDonald) - 5:26
  4. "Take Me There" (Washington) - 6:16
  5. "Just the Two of Us" (Bill Withers, William Salter, Ralph MacDonald) - 7:23
  6. "Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba)" (Washington) - 6:32

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980-81) Peak
position
US Billboard Pop Albums[4] 5
US Billboard Top Jazz Albums[4] 1
US Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 2

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[5]
US
Pop
US
R&B
US
AC
1981 "Just the Two of Us" 2 3 2

External links

References

  1. Yanow, Scott. Grover Washington, Jr.: Winelight > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 203. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. Elsworth, Catherine (10 August 2006). "Still a lovely day". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 "Grover Washington, Jr. US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. "Grover Washington, Jr. US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
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