Mister Magic by Grover Washington Jr.

Pros: Great playing on wonderful songs

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Some great early work from one of the finest popular jazz stars

Review: I recently picked up a used copy of a Grover Washington, Jr. album that I had never seen. That CD is "Soulful Sax" which turned out to be a compilation of some of Grover's earlier works. Since the album was released in 2005 it had to be a compilation ...

Pros: Great solos, wonderful song writing

Cons: Funky jazz, early example of smooth jazz will be offputting to straight ahead purists

The Bottom Line: Grover is no longer with us, but his spirit is alive in his beautiful music. This is a seminal smooth jazz work and a tenor sax classic.

Review: You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone… Grover Washington Jr is no longer among us. His spirit lives on every day, every time someone throws on one of his old tapes, or rediscovers his music. There are many anthologies ...