The Best Of

Tracklist

• 1
  Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme From Man and Boy ("Better Days")
  8:30
• 2
  I Loves You Porgy
  5:05
• 3
  Body and Soul (Montage)
  3:02
• 4
  Black Frost
  6:07
• 5
  Masterpiece
  13:20
• 6
  You Are the Sunshine of My Life
  6:00
• 7
  All the King’s Horses
  3:43

More by Grover Washington, Jr.

Anthology

Anthology 1988

Aria

Aria 2000

Soulful Strut

Soulful Strut 1996

All My Tomorrows

All My Tomorrows 1994

Next Exit

Next Exit 1992

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind 1989

Release credits

• Airto Moreira
  percussion [1-2, 5-6]
• Alan Raph
  bass trombone [5-6]
• Alan Shulman
  cello [1-2, 4]
• Alfred Brown
  viola [4-6]
• Anthony Sophos
  cello [1-2]
• Barbara Massey
  vocal [5-6]
• Bernard Thacker
  vocal [5-6]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Bernie Glow
  flugelhorn [5-6], trumpet [5-6]
• Billy Cobham
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Bob James
  arranger, conductor, electric piano [1-2, 4-6], piano [4-6]
• Brooks Tillotson
  French horn [5-6]
• Charles Libove
  violin [5-6]
• Charles McCracken
  cello [1-2, 4-6]
• Creed Taylor
  producer
• David Friedman
  percussion [5-6]
• David Nadien
  violin [4-6]
• Don Ashworth
  baritone saxophone [1-2]
• Donald MacCourt
  bassoon [5-6]
• Eileen Gilbert
  vocal [5-6]
• Elliot Rosoff
  violin [5-6]
• Emanuel Green
  violin [5-6]
• Emanuel Vardi
  viola [4-6]
• Eric Gale
  guitar [2-7]
• Gary King
  bass [4]
• Gene Orloff
  violin [5-6]
• George Marge
  flute [5-6], oboe [5-6], piccolo [5-6], woodwind [3, 7]
• George Ricci
  cello [5-6]
• Grover Washington, Jr.
  alto saxophone [4-6], saxophone [1-3, 7], soprano saxophone [4-6], tenor saxophone [4-6]
• Harold Kohon
  violin [4-6]
• Harry Cykman
  violin [5-6]
• Harry Glickman
  violin [4]
• Harry Katzman
  violin [1-2]
• Harry Lookofsky
  violin [4-6]
• Harvey Estrin
  flute [5-6], piccolo [5-6], recorder [5-6]
• Harvey Mason
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Hilda Harris
  vocal [1]
• Hubert Laws
  flute [5-6], piccolo [5-6]
• Idris Muhammad
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 5-6]
• Jerry Dodgion
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Jim Buffington
  French horn [5-6]
• Joe Malin
  violin [4-6]
• John Frosk
  trumpet [5-6]
• Jon Faddis
  flugelhorn [4-6], trumpet [4-6]
• Julius Brand
  violin [1-2]
• Julius Held
  violin [1-2]
• Leo Kahn
  violin [1-2]
• Maeretha Stewart
  vocal [5-6]
• Maretha Stewart
  vocal [1]
• Marilyn Jackson
  vocal [1]
• Marvin Stamm
  flugelhorn [4], trumpet [4]
• Matthew Raimondi
  violin [4]
• Maurice Brown
  cello [1-2]
• Max Ellen
  violin [4-6]
• Max Pollikoff
  violin [1-2]
• Paul Faulise
  bass trombone [5-6]
• Paul Gershman
  violin [1-2, 4-6]
• Paul Winter
  violin [1-2]
• Peter Gordon
  French horn [5-6]
• Phil Bodner
  baritone saxophone [4]
• Phil Kraus
  percussion [5-6]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [4-6]
• Randolph Peyton
  vocal [5-6]
• Randy Brecker
  flugelhorn [5-6], trumpet [5-6]
• Raoul Polikian
  violin [1-2]
• Richard Davis
  bass [5-6]
• Richard Tee
  organ [1-2, 5-6]
• Romeo Penque
  bass clarinet [5-6], clarinet [5-6], cor anglais [5-6], flute [5-6], oboe [5-6], piccolo [5-6]
• Ron Carter
  bass [1-3, 5, 5-6, 6-7], electric bass guitar [5-6]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [1-2, 4-6], recording [3, 7]
• Santo Russo
  trombone [5-6]
• Seymour Barab
  cello [5-6]
• Snooky Young
  flugelhorn [1-2], trumpet [1-2]
• Tasha Thomas
  vocal [1]
• Thad Jones
  French horn [1-2], trumpet [1-2]
• Theodore Israel
  viola [5-6]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [4-6]
• Wally Kane
  bass saxophone [5-6], clarinet [5-6], contrabass clarinet [5-6], flute [5-6]
• Wayne Andre
  trombone [1-2, 4-6]
• William Eaton
  vocal [5-6]
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Issues

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  The Best Of

  12" Vinyl
  1981