Soul Box

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Soul Box
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Studio album by
Released1973
RecordedMarch 1973
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length33:00 Soul Box Vol. 1
35:18 Soul Box Vol. 2
68:18 Verve CD
LabelKudu Records
KU-12/13
ProducerCreed Taylor
Grover Washington Jr. chronology
All the King's Horses
(1972)
Soul Box
(1973)
Mister Magic
(1975)
Alternative cover
Verve CD reissue
Verve CD reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 stars[2]

Soul Box is the third studio album by American saxophonist Grover Washington Jr.. The project was originally divided in two LPs, both released in 1973 on Kudu Records with quite identical covers as Soul Box Vol. 1 (KU-12) and Soul Box Vol. 2 (KU-13), then issued as a 2-LP set as KUX-1213. Both albums were recorded during March 1973 with the same personnel. In 2008, the two volumes were released on one CD by Verve/GRP Records.

Track listing[]

Soul Box Vol. 1[]

  1. "Aubrey" (David Gates) – 3:44
  2. "Masterpiece" (Norman Whitfield) – 13:20
  3. "Trouble Man" (Marvin Gaye) – 15:56

Soul Box Vol. 2[]

  1. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 6:03
  2. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 11:11
  3. "Medley: Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)/(Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger) – 9:56
  4. "Taurian Matador" (Billy Cobham Jr.) – 8:08

Verve CD reissue[]

  1. "Aubrey" (David Gates) – 3:44
  2. "Masterpiece" (Norman Whitfield) – 13:20
  3. "Trouble Man" (Marvin Gaye) – 15:56
  4. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Wonder) – 6:03
  5. "Don't Explain" (Herzog Jr., Holiday) – 11:11
  6. "Medley: Easy Living/Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (Robin, Rainger)/(Everett Robbins, Grainger) – 9:56
  7. "Taurian Matador" (Billy Cobham Jr.) – 8:08

Personnel[]

Band

Brass Section

Woodwind Section

Strings

  • Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken and George Ricci – cello
  • Ron Carter – double bass
  • Alfred Brown, Theodore Israel and Emanuel Vardi – viola
  • Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, David Nadien and Elliot Rosoff – violin

Vocals

  • William Eaton, Eileen Gilbert, Barbara Massey, Randolph Peyton, Maeretha Stewart and Bernard Thacker

Production[]

  • Creed Taylor – producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Kevin Reeves – CD mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Kyle Benson – A&R coordinator
  • Andy Kman – production coordinator
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Bob Ciano – album design
  • Isabelle Wong – design
  • David A. Leffel – album painting
  • Harry Weinger – reissue supervisor

References[]

  1. ^ Soul Box at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 203. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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