Thursday, October 27, 2016

Grant Green

Artist:  Grant Green
Born:  June 6, 1935.  St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died:  January 31, 1979 (Aged 44).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar

Grant Green was an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer.  He performed in the Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Bebop and Latin throughout his career.  He is one of the the great unsung heroes of Jazz Guitar.















Title:  Am I Blue  (2002)
Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Am I Blue  (6:56)
 2.  Take These Chains From My Heart  (6:12)
 3.  I Wanna Be Loved  (7:39)
 4.  Sweet Slumber  (7:17)
 5.  For All We Know  (13:59)

Personnel:

Grant Green:  Guitar
Johnny Coles:  Trumpet
Joe Henderson;  Tenor Saxophone
"Big" John Patton:  Organ
Ben Dixon:  Drums

Am I Blue is an album in 1964 by Grant Green, originally released on June 1964 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on January 8, 2002 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Johnny Coles, "Big" John Patton, and Ben Dixon.


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