Grits & Gravy is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label.[2]

Grits & Gravy
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1967[1]
RecordedDecember 21 & 22, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:57
LabelPrestige
PR 7486
ProducerCal Lampley
Eric Kloss chronology
Love and All That Jazz
(1966)
Grits & Gravy
(1967)
First Class Kloss!
(1967)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [4]

AllMusic stated: "Eric Kloss' third recording features the soulful yet adventurous altoist in two different settings".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Luiz Bonfá, Carl Sigman) - 3:34
  2. "Repeat" (Denny Zeitlin) - 3:11
  3. "Slow Hot Wind" (Norman Gimbel, Henry Mancini) - 3:02
  4. "Gentle One" (Eric Kloss) - 4:01
  5. "Grits and Gravy" (Ed Bland) - 2:38
  6. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 5:06
  7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:05
  8. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) - 10:20
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21 (tracks 1, 3 & 5) and December 22 (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), 1966

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Billboard". May 27, 1967.
  2. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 5, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 5, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 120. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.