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Inside Moves (album)

1984 studio album by Grover Washington Jr.

Inside Moves
Studio album by Grover Washington Jr.
Released	1984
Recorded	March–June 1984
Studio	Rosebud Recording, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:52
Label	Elektra 960 318-1
Producer	Grover Washington, Jr., Ralph MacDonald
Grover Washington Jr. chronology
The Best Is Yet to Come (1982) Inside Moves (1984) Togethering (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[2]

Inside Moves is a 1984 studio album by American jazz musician Grover Washington Jr., released via Elektra label.^[3][4]

Reception[edit]

Scott YanowofAllMusic wrote: "Although Grover Washington Jr. (on alto, tenor, soprano and baritone) puts on his usual strong effort, the forgettable material (which included no hits) and the emphasis on vocals (particularly those of Jon Lucien who is on five of the seven selections) makes this one of Washington's weaker efforts and the least essential of his four Elektra recordings. The background vocalists do not help much either. This was Grover Washington, Jr.'s only full-length album as a leader during the 1982-86 period but was not worth the effort".^[1]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Grover Washington, Jr. – alto, baritone, soprano and tenor saxophones
• Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes
• Marcus Miller – Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7, bass (1, 2, 4-7)
• Eric Gale – guitars
• Anthony Jackson – bass (3)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1)
• Buddy Williams – drums (2-7)
• Ralph MacDonald – drum programming, congas, percussion (1-4), arrangements
• Anthony MacDonald – percussion (5-7)
• William Eaton – arrangements, backing vocals (3)
• Jon Lucien – featured vocals
• Frank Floyd – backing vocals (3)
• Hilda Harris – backing vocals (3)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (3, 5, 6)
• Ullanda McCullough – backing vocals (3)
• Zack Saunders – backing vocals (3)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals (5, 6)

Strings on "Watching You Watching Me"

• Alfred Brown – conductor
• William Eaton – leader
• Jonathan Abramowitz – cello
• Kermit Moore – cello
• Julien Barber – viola
• Sanford Allen – violin
• Lewis Eley – violin
• Max Ellen – violin
• Winterton Garvey – violin
• Paul Gershman – violin
• Theodore Israel – violin
• Harry Lookofsky – violin
• Marvin Morgenstern – violin
• David Nadien – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin

Production[edit]

• Grover Washington, Jr. – producer, mixing
• Ralph MacDonald – producer
• William Eaton – co-producer
• William Salter – co-producer
• Kendall Brown – engineer
• Ed Heath – assistant engineer
• Peter Humphreys – mixing
• Barry Craig – mix assistant
• Scott E. MacMinn – mix assistant
• Nimitr Sarikananda – mastering
• Carol Friedman – art direction, photography
• JoDee Stringham – design

Studios

• Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, PA).
• Mastered at Frankford Wayne (Philadelphia, PA).

Charts[edit]

References[edit]