Washington, Grover, Jr., 1943-1999

LC control no.	n 87812945
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Washington, Grover, Jr., 1943-1999 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1943-12-12
Death date	1999-12-17
Place of birth	Buffalo (N.Y.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Jazz Cool jazz
Affiliation	Temple University United States. Army Wurlitzer School of Music Keith McAllister Band Four Clefs (Music group)
Profession or occupation	Saxophonists Singers Soldiers Rhythm and blues musicians
Found in	Stu Gardner presents A house full of love [SR] p1986: label (Grover Washington Jr.) container (alto and tenor saxophones) New Grove dict. of jazz (Washington, Grover, Jr.; b. Dec.12, 1943, Buffalo; saxophonist) New York Times, Dec. 19, 1999 (Grover Washington Jr., 56, jazz saxophonist; d. Dec. 17, 1999, New York City) African American National Biography, accessed April 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Washington, Grover, Jr.; rhythm and blues musician / singer, saxophonist, music producer, soldier; born 12 December, 1943 in Buffalo, New York, United States; studied classical music, the piano, bass, guitar, and drums at Wurlitzer School of Music; doctorate in Music Composition from Temple University, Philadelphia (1980); played with Four Clefs, in Columbus, Ohio (1963), and Keith McAllister Band (1965); during military service at U.S. Army played the alto saxophone, for Nineteenth Army Band, Fort Dix, New Jersey (1965-1967); his album Inner City Blues bridged jazz, pop, soul, funk, and disco music (1971); recorded thirty-five albums over his career; most successful album, Winelight won superstar status remaining on Billboard magazine's pop chart for 102 weeks and on the jazz chart for thirty-one weeks; his new category of music was named cool or smooth jazz; died 17 December, 1999 in New York, New York, United States)