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 Studio, New York, NY
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)

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Professional ratingsReview 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 Yanow of AllMusic 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]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Inside Moves"| Steve Gadd, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter| 5:52
2.| "Dawn Song"| Marcus Miller| 4:31
3.| "Watching You Watching Me"| Bill Eaton| 5:28
4.| "Secret Sounds"| Grover Washington, Jr.| 5:28
5.| "Jet Stream"| Grover Washington, Jr., Art Sorenson, Richard Lee Steacker| 5:31
6.| "When I Look at You"| Walter Jurmann, Paul Francis Webster| 6:00
7.| "Sassy Stew"| Grover Washington, Jr.| 5:30
Total length:| 38:52

## 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]

Chart (1984)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard Pop Albums[5] | 79

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "House Full of Love – Grover Washington Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
2. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. ISBN 9780679768739. Retrieved 23 September 2019. "Grover Washington Jr."
3. ^ "Grover Washington, Jr. – Inside Moves". Discogs. 1984. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
4. ^ Nicholas, Aurwin. The History of Jazz and the Jazz Musicians. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781365838286. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
5. ^ "Inside Moves". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 16, 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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