''Reed Seed'' is the seventh studio album by the American jazz saxophonist
Grover Washington Jr.
Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and le ...
It was released in 1978 on the Motown label.
Track listing
# "Do Dat" (John E. Blake Jr.,
Leonard "Doc" Gibbs Jr.) - 4:27
# "Step'n' Thru" (Richard Lee Steacker) - 6:15
# "Reed Seed (Trio Tune)" (Grover Washington Jr.) - 4:54
# "Maracas Beach" (James "Sid" Simmons) - 4:48
# "Santa Cruzin" (John E. Blake Jr., Tyrone Brown, Leonard "Doc" Gibbs Jr., James "Sid" Simmons, Richard Lee Steacker, Millard "Pete" Vinson, Grover Washington Jr.) - 6:54
# "
Just the Way You Are" (
Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...
) - 4:46
# "Loran's Dance" (Grover Washington Jr.) - 7:37
Personnel
* Grover Washington Jr. – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
* James "Sid" Simmons – acoustic piano,
Fender Rhodes
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...
,
clavinet
The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...
, arrangements (4, 5)
*
John Blake Jr. –
Polymoog
The Polymoog is a hybrid polyphonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1975 to 1980. The Polymoog was based on divide-down oscillator technology similar to electronic organs and string synthesizers of the time.
Histor ...
,
ARP Omni
The ARP Omni was a polyphonic analog synthesizer manufactured by ARP Instruments, Inc.
Overview
The Omni featured preset, electronically generated Orchestral ensemble String voices including polyphonic Violin and Viola sounds as well as mon ...
,
ARP String Ensemble
The Solina String Ensemble, also marketed as the ARP String Ensemble, is a fully polyphonic multi-orchestral string synthesizer with a 49-key keyboard, produced by Eminent BV (known for their ''Solina'' brand). It was distributed in the United ...
,
electric violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fi ...
, acoustic piano (1), clavinet (1), Fender Rhodes (6), backing vocals, arrangements (1, 5)
* Richard Lee Steacker – electric guitars, backing vocals, arrangements (2)
* Tyrone Brown – acoustic bass, electric bass
* Millard "Pete" Vinson – drums
*
Leonard "Doc" Gibbs – percussion, backing vocals, arrangements (1, 5)
* Derrick Graves – arrangements (2)
*
Jeannine Otis
Jeannine Otis, also known as "Jahneen," is an American singer, educator and music director.
Early life and education
At the age of 16, she was accepted early to Wellesley College and was the first African-American to a Presser Music Scholar. Sh ...
– backing vocals
* Lita Boggs – backing vocals
* Rita Boggs – backing vocals, vocal arrangements (1)
Production
* Grover Washington Jr. – producer
* Nils Salminen – engineer
* Rodney Perry – assistant engineer
*
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Mil ...
– mastering at
Van Gelder Studios (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).
* Norm Ung – art direction, design
* Beverly Parker – photography
Charts
Singles
References
External links
Grover Washington Jr.-Reed Seed at Discogs
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1978 albums
Motown albums
Grover Washington Jr. albums