Favorite "Real People" Songs #3 - "Let it Flow (for Dr. J)"
@teamfreak16 (43418)
Denver, Colorado
December 10, 2017 9:42am CST
Real people. Not the 70's TV show, but actual real people, is the theme of this particular music series, which is songs with real people in the title (you know what's making this fun? @FourWalls is doing the same countdown right now!) I am at #3: "Let it Flow (for Dr. J)" by the late saxophonist Grover Washington Jr.
Best known for his 1980 smash hit, "Just the Two of Us," Grover Washington Jr was a bona fied sax master and jazz legend.
From Washington's 1980 album, Winelight, "Let it Flow (for Dr. J)" (an instrumental honoring Philadelphia 76'ers legend Julius Erving) might not have been released as a single, but, as one of his most popular songs, was a live staple of Washington's for years.
I've linked to an awesome live performance made memorable by a fat, nasty bass solo. Memorable, that is, until Grover launches into his own solo.
Enjoy!
(R.I.P., Grover. Thank you for the groovy music.)
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From an old broadcast in the 80's. Florida jazz fest? Awesome bass solo at 3:07 and sick Grover solo. Grover died in 1999 and was a big player in the jazz fe...
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Dec 17
Maybe the only song ever about a basketball player (Cheech & Chong's Basketball Jones doesn't count).
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Dec 17
Don't forget the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Magic Johnson," although that was more about the Showtime Lakers than Magic himself.
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@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
11 Dec 17
That's a cool bass solo. And, frankly, although I know tastes are subjective, I don't want to meet the 33 people who thumbs-downed that video.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Dec 17
I know. What do they want, Pyrotechnics during Grover's solo?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Dec 17
It's awesome. Grover's solo is the bomb, though. God, he was great.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Dec 17
@teamfreak16 well you are over joy with this.Good for you.
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@andriaperry (117138)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Dec 17
This sounds like I have heard it.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Dec 17
You might have, if you've listened to Winelight. It's the best song on the album.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
10 Dec 17
Fat nasty bass solo... well now I pretty much have to go listen, don't I?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Dec 17
I think you should. It's awesome.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
11 Dec 17
@teamfreak16 I did - wow, yeah "fat nasty" yeah I agree.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
11 Dec 17
I always think of this as smooth jazz. I don't really know what that is, but it seems to fit. He can really play that sax.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Dec 17
Yeah, that makes sense. He is considered a smooth jazz pioneer.
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
10 Dec 17
Cool stuff and about sports. Can't get any better than that.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Dec 17
No kidding. I am a Laker fan, but Dr. J was awesome.
