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Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.[citation needed] He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including \"Mr. Magic\", \"Black Frost\", and \"The Best is Yet to Come\". In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on \"Just the Two of Us\" (still in regular rotation on radio today), Patti LaBelle on \"The Best is Yet to Come\" and Phyllis Hyman on \"A Sacred Kind of Love\". He is also remembered for his take on the Dave Brubeck classic \"Take Five\", and for his 1996 version of \"Soulful Strut\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington played on black nickel-plated saxophones made by Keilwerth. 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