Awards & Winners

Grover Washington, Jr.

Date of Birth 12-December-1943
Place of Birth Buffalo
(United States of America, New York, Erie County, Area code 716)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Grover Washington, Grover Washington Jr, Grover Washington Jr., Grover Wahington, Jr., Grover Washington, Jr, Grover Washington, J.R.
Profession Musician, Singer-songwriter, Saxophonist
Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mister Magic," "Reed Seed," "Black Frost," "Winelight," "Inner City Blues" and "The Best is Yet to Come". In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on "Just the Two of Us", Patti LaBelle on "The Best Is Yet to Come" and Phyllis Hyman on "A Sacred Kind of Love". He is also remembered for his take on the Dave Brubeck classic "Take Five", and for his 1996 version of "Soulful Strut". Washington had a preference for black nickel-plated saxophones made by Julius Keilwerth. These included a SX90R alto and SX90R tenor. He also played Selmer Mark VI alto in the early years. His main soprano was a black nickel plated H.Couf Superba II and a Keilwerth SX90 in the last years of his life.

Awards by Grover Washington, Jr.

Check all the awards nominated and won by Grover Washington, Jr..

2001


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
Honored for : The Best of Grover Washington, Jr.

Nominations 2001 »

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist The Best of Grover Washington, Jr.

2000


Nominations 2000 »

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Camaleao

1997


Nominations 1997 »

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Soulful Strut

1992


Nominations 1992 »

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Summer Chill

1984


Nominations 1984 »

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Inside Moves

1982


Nominations 1982 »

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Come Morning

1981


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Honored for : Winelight
(Artist)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance Winelight