Grits & Gravy Explained

Grits & Gravy
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Eric Kloss
Cover:	Grits & Gravy.jpg
Released:	May 1967^[1]
Recorded:	December 21 & 22, 1966
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:57
Label:	Prestige PR 7486
Producer:	Cal Lampley
Chronology:	Eric Kloss
Prev Title:	Love and All That Jazz
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	First Class Kloss!
Next Year:	1967

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

Reception

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

Track listing

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

• Eric Kloss - alto saxophone
• Danny Bank - soprano saxophone, flute, percussion (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Teddy Charles - vibraphone (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
  • Jaki Byard (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Ronald Williams (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - piano Billy Butler - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
• Ronnie Boykins (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8) - bass
  • Alan Dawson (tracks 2, 4 & 6-8), Robert J. Gregg (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - drums Ed Bland - arranger (tracks 1, 3 & 5)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. May 27, 1967.
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7486 Prestige Records discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 5, 2013