Grover Washington Jr. Bass Tabs

Biography

b. 12 December 1943, Buffalo, New York, USA, d. 17 December 1999, New York City, New York, USA. Growing up in a musical family, Washington was playing tenor saxophone before he was a teenager. He studied formally at the Wurlitzer School of Music in Buffalo and paid his dues gigging locally on tenor and other instruments in the early 60s. After military service in the late 60s he returned to his career, recording a succession of albums under the aegis of producer Creed Taylor, which effectively crossed over into the new market for jazz fusion. By the mid-70s, Washington's popular success...

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