Next Exit (album)

Next Exit
Next Exit
Studio album by Grover Washington Jr.
Released	1992
Studio	Various
Genre	Jazz, R&B
Length	50:54
Label	Columbia C 469088 1
Producer	Grover Washington Jr., Bob Baldwin, Sergio George, Donald Robinson
Grover Washington Jr. chronology

Last updated September 17, 2024

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[4]

Next Exit is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. The album was released in 1992 on Columbia Records label. Next Exit includes composition "Summer Chill" which was co-written by his son and nominated for a Grammy.^[5]

Reception

Steve Aldrich of AllMusic commented "The man who wrote the book on R&B/fusion returns with yet another set of what he does best. Washington's sax shares time with vocal tracks featuring the likes of Nancy Wilson, Lalah Hathaway, and the Four Tops. A solid, if predictible outing".^[2] A reviewer of All About Jazz stated "Any Grover excursion is worth listening to and Next Exit is one of Grover's finer outings... There are so many wonderful tracks on this album that it is an essential addition to your own collection of you don't have it already. Fusion Jazz at its very finest and highly recommended by this veteran of the airwaves".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Five (Take Another Five)"	Paul Desmond	5:00
2.	"Your Love"	Randall Bowland, D. Richard Lewis, Donald Robinson	4:58
3.	"Only for You (Siempre Para Ti)"	Grover Washington, Jr., Richard Lee Steacker	5:14
4.	"Greene Street"	Joe McBride	4:49
5.	"Next Exit"	Grover Washington, Jr.	5:08
6.	"I Miss Home"	Bill Jolly	3:54
7.	"Love Like This"	Terry Cox	4:50
8.	"Summer Chill"	Grover Washington III, Grover Washington, Jr.	4:37
9.	"Till You Return to Me"	Bob Baldwin, Porter Carroll III	3:59
10.	"Get on Up"	John Bolden, Teddy Bolden	4:15
11.	"Check Out Grover"	Richard Lee Steacker	4:10
Total length:			50:54

Personnel

Grover Washington Jr. – alto saxophone (1, 3, 7, 11), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5, 8, 9), soprano saxophone (3, 6, 10), arrangements (4), horn section (5, 8, 10), horn arrangements (5, 8, 11), backing vocals (10)
John Bolden – keyboards (1, 5, 7, 10), keyboard bass (1, 5, 7, 10), percussion (1, 5, 7, 10), rhythm arrangements (1, 5, 7, 10), vocal arrangements (1, 7), horn arrangements (5, 10), drum programming (10), backing vocals (10)
Teddy Bolden – keyboards (1, 5, 7, 10), drum programming (1, 5, 7, 10), percussion (1, 5, 7, 10), rhythm arrangements (1, 5, 7, 10), vocal arrangements (1, 7), horn arrangements (5, 10), backing vocals (10)
Donald Robinson – keyboards (2), arrangements (2)
Sergio George – acoustic piano (3), synthesizers (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3)
Ramsey Lewis – grand piano (4)
James McBride – keyboards (4), programming (4)
Bill Jolly – keyboard programming (6), MIDI programming (6), arrangements (6)
James Lloyd – keyboards (8, 11), keyboard bass (8)
Bob Baldwin – keyboards (9), MIDI programming (9), drum programming (9), arrangements (9)
Curtis Dowd – keyboards (11)
Randy Bowland – guitars (2)
Richard Lee Steacker – guitars (4, 6, 8, 11), arrangements (11)
Doc Powell – guitars (7)
Rodney Millon – guitars (10)
Gerald Veasley – bass (2, 4, 6, 9)
Ruben Rodriguez – bass (3)
Cornelius Mims – bass (5)
Keith Roster – bass (7, 10)
Jim Salamone – drum programming (2, 8, 11), percussion programming (2), keyboard programming (8, 11), E-mu Emulator III programming (8, 11), sequencing (8, 11), arrangements (8, 11)
Darryl Washington – drums (6)
Robert Allende – percussion (3)
Leonard Gibbs – percussion (4)
Miguel Fuentes – percussion (6), congas (8)
Kathleen Thomas – strings (2)
Lewis Kahn – trombone (3)
Jose "Ite" Jerez – trumpet (3)
Grover Washington III – arrangements (8)
Rich Figueroa – backing vocals (1, 7)
Dionne Knighton – backing vocals (1, 7)
Latesha Theirry – backing vocals (1, 7)
Claude Woods – backing vocals (1, 7)
Nancy Wilson – lead vocals (2)
Annette Hardeman – backing vocals (2)
Paula Holloway – backing vocals (2), lead vocals (11)
Michelle Kornegay – backing vocals (2)
Gabriela Anders – backing vocals (3)
Chip Landry – backing vocals (3)
Ray Sepúlveda – backing vocals (3)
Lalah Hathaway – lead and backing vocals (7)
Levi Stubbs – lead vocals (9)
The Four Tops – backing vocals (9)
Bunny Sigler – vocal arrangements and conductor (9)
Doug E. Fresh – human beatbox (11)
Man Slaughter – rap (11)

Strings on "Love Like This"

Suzie Katayama – arrangements and conductor
Sid Page – concertmaster, violin
Maurice Grants – cello
Roger Lebow – cello
Joel Derouin – violin
Berj Garabedian – violin
Vanessa Kibbe – violin

Production

George Butler – executive producer
Grover Washington, Jr. – producer (1, 4–8, 10, 11), mixing (4, 6, 9)
John Bolden – co-producer (1, 5, 7, 10), mixing (1, 5, 7, 10)
Teddy Bolden – co-producer (1, 5, 7, 10), mixing (1, 5, 7, 10)
Donald Robinson – producer (2), mixing (2)
Sergio George – producer (3), mixing (3)
Jim Salamone – co-producer (8, 11), recording (8, 11), mixing (8, 11)
Grover Washington III – co-producer (8)
Bob Baldwin – producer (9)
Richard Lee Steacker – co-producer (11)
Al Phillips – recording (1, 5, 7, 10), mixing (1, 5, 7, 10)
Martin Schmelzle – recording (1, 5)
Al Alberts, Jr. – recording (2), mixing (2)
John "Fig" Ficarotta – recording (3)
Peter Humphreys – recording (3–7, 10), mixing (4, 6, 9), mastering
David Lescoe – recording (3), mixing (3)
Dan McKay – recording (7)
Marty Lester – recording (7)
Glenn Barratt – recording (8, 11), mixing (11)
Mike Iacopelli – vocal recording (9)
Scott MacMinn – recording (11)
Bruce Weedon – mixing (8)
Joe Nicolo – mixing (11)
Brian Wittmer – assistant engineer (5, 7, 10)
Craig Caruth – assistant engineer (8, 11)
Yuval Kossovsky – assistant engineer (11)
Ray Monahan – Pro Tools editing (11)
Nimitr Sarkananda – mastering
Paul Silverthorn – production coordinator
Diane Delgado-Jorge – production assistant
Mike Traylor – production assistant
Elieen Whelihan – production assistant
Carol Chen – art direction, design
Frank Schramm – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 ^[6]	149
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard )^[7]	26
US Top Jazz Albums ( Billboard )^[8]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	96

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References

1 2 "Grover Washington, Jr.: Next Exit". All About Jazz . August 1, 1997. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
1 2 Aldrich, Steve. "Grover Washington, Jr.: Next Exit". Allmusic . Retrieved December 28, 2018.
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1469. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
↑ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved September 23, 2019. Grover Washington Jr.
↑ Atkins, Ronald (December 21, 1999). "Grover Washington Jr". The Guardian . Retrieved December 28, 2018.
↑ "Grover Washington Jr., TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
↑ "Grover Washington Jr., BLP" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
↑ "Grover Washington Jr., JLS" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

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[AAJ-1] 1 2 "Grover Washington, Jr.: Next Exit". All About Jazz . August 1, 1997. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[AM-2] 1 2 Aldrich, Steve. "Grover Washington, Jr.: Next Exit". Allmusic . Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1469. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved September 23, 2019. Grover Washington Jr.

[5] Atkins, Ronald (December 21, 1999). "Grover Washington Jr". The Guardian . Retrieved December 28, 2018.

[6] "Grover Washington Jr., TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[7] "Grover Washington Jr., BLP" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[8] "Grover Washington Jr., JLS" . Billboard . Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[9] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

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v t e Grover Washington Jr.
Studio albums	Inner City Blues (1972) All the King's Horses (1972) Soul Box (1973) Mister Magic (1975) Feels So Good (1975) A Secret Place (1976) Reed Seed (1978) Paradise (1979) Skylarkin' (1980) Winelight (1980) Come Morning (1981) The Best Is Yet to Come (1982) Inside Moves (1984) A House Full of Love: Music from The Cosby Show (1986) Strawberry Moon (1987) Then and Now (1988) Time Out of Mind (1989) Next Exit (1992) All My Tomorrows (1994) Soulful Strut (1996) Aria (2000)
Live albums	Live at The Bijou (1977)
Compilations	Baddest (1981) Anthology (1981) Breath of Heaven: A Holiday Collection (1997)
Singles	"Just the Two of Us" (1981) "The Best Is Yet to Come" (1983)