Sunday, October 9, 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:  Idle Moments  (1999)
Genre:  Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Idle Moments  (14:56)
 2.  Jean De Fleur  (6:50)
 3.  Django  (8:44)
 4.  Nomad  (12:17)

Bonus Tracks:  On CD Issue:

 5.  Jean De Fleur (Alternate Version)  (8:10)
 6.  Django (Alternate Version)  (13:15)

Personnel:

Grant Green:  Guitar
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Duke Pearson:  Piano
Bobby Hutcherson:  Vibraphone  
Bob Cranshaw:  Double Bass
Al Harewood:  Drums

Idle Moments is a 1963 Jazz album, released in 1965  by Grant Green, and remastered and reissued on April 20, 1999  by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Duke Pearson.

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