No one can be Grover so don't even try.
I have heard so many imitations of Grover - they sound fake. Listen artists - stop trying to sound like Grover Washington Jr. He has a unique sound unlike any other. He is in this class all by himself.

Grover at his BEST
If you like jazz and like GWJ, you will need this album for your collection.

Live At The Bijou,Something You Really Want To Hear
Ladies and gentleman,presenting GROVER WASHINGTON JR. backed up by the funky rhythms of the band Locksmith for one of THE definative live albums in all of jazz/funk,maybe ever?Anyway with the exception of the exceptionally funky 20 minute live medley of "Days In Our Lives/Mr.Magic" everything on this album is previously unreleased live versions of songs from a solo album Grover never released.And about that FUNKY MUSIC it is,filled with celebratory soul and rhythms straight out of the "united funk" era."Lock It In The Pocket" is one of the finest slices of funk Grover has ever put to wax and just keeps you begging and begging for more.This tremendously grooving concert is also tempered by the inclusion of of two lighter tunes,the tranquil "You Make Me Dance" and "Summer Song",the only vocal tune here that's a happy-go-lucky romp down the funky soul path that will peak the interest of fans of people like The Blackbyrds and Stevie Wonder.On "Jeffere" and "Sausalito" the whole band gets into jazzier relms of the funk whereas "Funkfoot" is almost overwelming in it's density.There is one critically important thing about this recording;this came before the mellower sentiments of Winelight and Come Morning,back during a time where Grover was BLOWING heft funk-jazz on his sax.And especially here he does it with tons of passion and zeal to spare;the band are HOTTER then they come but Grover's solos truely get your attention upfront.So if your not big into the sound of a saxaphone,this is probably not the album for you.But for those who love that AND love to groove 'Live At The Bijou' is a wonderful treat,a classic to be enjoyed by all those who partake!

Live at the Bijou
I say that this particular Album is very dear to me, After listening to the cd that replaced an eight track tape, I am very happy.

Hard to believe it's a live album and not a studio session!
This album is unreal. If you thought Grover's earlier hit albums such as "Feels So Good" or "Mister Magic" were hot smooth and funky, you haven't heard ANYTHING yet!

From what I understand, the songs performed on this album were just that - performed exclusively and only available on this live set. If these are tunes that Grover intended to record but never did, he made a terrible mistake.

There isn't anything I can't say here really about this album that no one else has said except for the fact that this album is a slept on sampleable piece of music. For instance, we all know how "Hydra" was sampled extensively by everyone from Black Moon to A Tribe Called Quest, and let's not even go into the sampling of "Mister Magic"...but suprisingly, the only tune off this album that was sampled by anyone was "Lock It in the Pocket" by Gangstarr on "Words from the Nutcracker" (the joint with the Group Home cat on it) and "Flip the Script". I think Das Efx may have also sampled the same tune, but I'm not positive.

Either way, this album is a must have for Hip-Hop heads, producers and b-boys worldwide. It's relatively untapped and not a very popular album, so when you flip the beat in your sampler, it will be fresh! Regardless, buy this album. If you ain't feelin it, I ain't feelin you!