{"id":7143,"date":"2026-01-21T15:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:00:27","slug":"arachnophonia-grover-washington-jr-winelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2026\/01\/arachnophonia-grover-washington-jr-winelight\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Grover Washington Jr. “Winelight”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Rocio (class of 2027) and features a song from Grover Washington Jr.’s 1980 album Winelight<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks, Rocio!<\/em><\/p>\n

Grover Washington Jr.<\/a>
\nWinelight<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\n“Just the Two of Us”<\/p>\n

\"Grover<\/p>\n

While I was walking through the vinyl section of the library, I ran into a major throwback: the record featuring \u201cJust the Two of Us<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s one of those songs that can totally lock you in or give you just the right amount of motivation at the beginning of the semester. Just you, the music, and your assignment lining up perfectly and locking in. That said, it\u2019s way too early in the semester to be stressing about procrastination and deadlines when it\u2019s literally only week one.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve noticed, but with 2026 feeling like the new 2016, nostalgia is definitely in the air. Naturally, I had to bring this jazzy vinyl<\/a> back into rotation.<\/p>\n

For a little background: \u201cJust the Two of Us<\/a>\u201d was released (as a single) in 1981 by Grover Washington Jr., featuring Bill Withers, and it\u2019s one of those rare songs that blends jazz, soul, and R&B so smoothly that it never really goes out of style. AND it won a Grammy Award! In addition, this record has been sampled and referenced countless times since, which probably explains why it still feels so familiar even decades later.<\/p>\n

This vinyl<\/a> is perfect whether you\u2019re listening in a library study room, vibing with your AirPods on (yes, you can do that in this library, kind of iconic if you ask me), or checking it out to play in your dorm and fully romanticize your evening. It\u2019s low-key, timeless, and the kind of sound that makes studying, just existing, or feeling a little cooler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15223,15242],"tags":[232242,61217,232024,230826,232241,15232,232244,232247,230951,230950,231432,162569,232245,232243,207000,232246,231324,230949],"class_list":["post-7143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection","category-promotional","tag-alto-saxophone","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-25-26","tag-bill-withers","tag-grover-washington-jr","tag-jazz","tag-jazz-fusion","tag-just-the-two-of-us","tag-lp-records","tag-records","tag-rocio","tag-saxophone","tag-smooth-jazz","tag-soprano-saxophone","tag-tenor-saxophone","tag-urban-jazz","tag-vinyl","tag-vinyl-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7147,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143\/revisions\/7147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}