Grant Green - Green Street (2010) {Analogue Productions}
Grant Green - Green Street (2010) {Analogue Productions}
Jazz | EAC Rip | WavPack (image)+CUE+LOG | mp3@320 | 301 MB. & 128 MB.
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Audio CD (2010) | Label: Blue Note/Analogue Productions | Catalog# CBNJ-84071-SA | 54:29 min.
Jazz | EAC Rip | WavPack (image)+CUE+LOG | mp3@320 | 301 MB. & 128 MB.
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Audio CD (2010) | Label: Blue Note/Analogue Productions | Catalog# CBNJ-84071-SA | 54:29 min.
Review by Michael G. Nastos ~allmusicTracklist:
As a trio, this edition of guitarist Grant Green's many ensembles has to rank with the best he had ever fronted. Recorded on April Fool's Day of 1961, the band and music are no joke, as bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Dave Bailey understand in the most innate sense how to support Green, lay back when needed, or strut their own stuff when called upon. Still emerging as an individualist, Green takes further steps ahead, without a pianist, saxophonist, or – most importantly – an organist. His willpower drives this music forward in a refined approach that definitely marks him as a distinctive, immediately recognizable player. It is also a session done in a period when Green was reeling in popular demand, as this remarkably is one of six recordings he cut for Blue Note as a leader in 1961, not to mention other projects as a sideman. To say his star was rising would be an understatement. The lean meatiness of this group allows all three musicians to play with little hesitation, no wasted notes, and plenty of soul. Another aspect of this studio date is the stereo separation of Green's guitar in one speaker, perhaps not prevalent in modern recordings, but very much in use then. Check out the atypical (for Green) ballad "'Round About Midnight," as the guitarist trims back embellishments to play this famous melody straight, with a slight vibrato, occasional trills, and a shuffled bridge. The trio cops an attitude similar to Dizzy Gillespie for the introduction to "Alone Together," with clipped melody notes and a bass filler from Tucker. Three of Green's originals stamp his personal mark on rising original soulful post-bop sounds, as "No. 1 Green Street" has basic B-flat, easy-grooving tenets similar to his previously recorded tune "Miss Ann's Tempo." Two interesting key changes and chord accents identify the outstanding "Grant's Dimensions" beyond its core bop bridge and jam configuration – not the least of which contains a hefty bass solo from the criminally underrated Tucker and Bailey trading fours. "Green with Envy" should be familiar to fans of Horace Silver, as it is almost identically based on the changes of "Nica's Dream," a neat adaptation full of stop-starts and stretched-out improvising over ten minutes. (The alternate take of this one on the expanded CD reissue is a full two minutes shorter.) If this is not a definitive jazz guitar trio, they have not yet been born, and Green Street stands as one of Grant Green's best recordings of many he produced in the ten prolific years he was with the Blue Note label.
01. No. 1 Green Street 7:20
02. 'Round About Midnight 7:03
03. Grant's Dimensions 7:57
04. Green with Envy 9:47
05. Alone Together 7:15
06. Green With Envy (alternate) 7:56
07. Alone Together (alternate) 7:10
Grant Green - Green Street (2010) {Analogue Productions}
Personnel:
Grant Green - guitar
Ben Tucker - bass
Dave Bailey - drums
~allAboutJazz
Born: June 6, 1935 | Died: January 31, 1979 | Instrument: Guitar
Green was born on June 6, 1931 (according to some other sources, Green borned in 1935) in St. Louis, Missouri. He first performed in a professional setting at the age of 13. His early influences were Charlie Christian and Charlie Parker; however, he played extensive R & B gigs in his home town and in East Saint Louis, IL while developing his jazz chops. His first recordings in St. Louis were with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest for the Delmark label. Lou Donaldson discovered green playing in a bar in St. Louis. After touring together with Donaldson, Green arrived in New York around 1959-60. In a Down Beat interview from the early 60's, Green said “The first thing I learned to play was boogie-woogie. Then I had to do a lot of rock and roll. It's all blues, anyhow.”
Lou Donaldson introduced Green to Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records. Lion was so impressed that, rather than testing Green as a sideman, as was the usual Blue Note practice, he arranged for him to record as a bandleader first. This recording relationship was to last, with a few exceptions, throughout the 'sixties. From 1961 to 1965 Green made more Blue Note LPs as leader and sideman than anyone else. Green was named best new star in the Down Beat critics' poll, 1962. As a result, his influence spread wider than New York. Green's first session as a leader did not meet the approval of Lion and was shelved, not to be released until 2002 as First Session. Green's first issued album as a leader was Grant's First Stand. This was followed in the same year by two more Blue Note releases: Green Street and Grantstand. He often provided support to many of other great musicians on Blue Note. These included saxophonists Hank Mobley, Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine and Harold Vick, as well as organists Larry Young and Big John Patton.
Sunday Mornin' , The Latin Bit and Feelin' the Spirit are all loose concept albums, each taking a musical theme or style: Gospel, Latin and spirituals respectively. Green always carried off his more commercial dates with artistic success during this period. Idle Moments (1963), featuring Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson, and Solid (1964) are acclaimed as two of Green's best recordings. Many of Green's Blue Note recordings, including a series of sessions with pianist Sonny Clark were not released during his lifetime. In 1966 Green left Blue Note and recorded for several other labels, including Verve. From 1967 to 1969 Grant was inactive due to personal problems. In 1969 Green, having relocated to Detroit, returned with a new funk-influenced band. His recordings from this period include the commercially successful Green is Beautiful and Live at the Lighthouse. Grant left Blue Note again in 1974 and once again recorded sporadically for different labels.
Green spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road. While in New York to play an engagement at George Benson's Breezin' Lounge, Green collapsed in his car of a heart attack on January 31, 1979. He was buried in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and was survived by six children.
Born: June 6, 1935 | Died: January 31, 1979 | Instrument: Guitar
Green was born on June 6, 1931 (according to some other sources, Green borned in 1935) in St. Louis, Missouri. He first performed in a professional setting at the age of 13. His early influences were Charlie Christian and Charlie Parker; however, he played extensive R & B gigs in his home town and in East Saint Louis, IL while developing his jazz chops. His first recordings in St. Louis were with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest for the Delmark label. Lou Donaldson discovered green playing in a bar in St. Louis. After touring together with Donaldson, Green arrived in New York around 1959-60. In a Down Beat interview from the early 60's, Green said “The first thing I learned to play was boogie-woogie. Then I had to do a lot of rock and roll. It's all blues, anyhow.”
Lou Donaldson introduced Green to Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records. Lion was so impressed that, rather than testing Green as a sideman, as was the usual Blue Note practice, he arranged for him to record as a bandleader first. This recording relationship was to last, with a few exceptions, throughout the 'sixties. From 1961 to 1965 Green made more Blue Note LPs as leader and sideman than anyone else. Green was named best new star in the Down Beat critics' poll, 1962. As a result, his influence spread wider than New York. Green's first session as a leader did not meet the approval of Lion and was shelved, not to be released until 2002 as First Session. Green's first issued album as a leader was Grant's First Stand. This was followed in the same year by two more Blue Note releases: Green Street and Grantstand. He often provided support to many of other great musicians on Blue Note. These included saxophonists Hank Mobley, Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine and Harold Vick, as well as organists Larry Young and Big John Patton.
Sunday Mornin' , The Latin Bit and Feelin' the Spirit are all loose concept albums, each taking a musical theme or style: Gospel, Latin and spirituals respectively. Green always carried off his more commercial dates with artistic success during this period. Idle Moments (1963), featuring Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson, and Solid (1964) are acclaimed as two of Green's best recordings. Many of Green's Blue Note recordings, including a series of sessions with pianist Sonny Clark were not released during his lifetime. In 1966 Green left Blue Note and recorded for several other labels, including Verve. From 1967 to 1969 Grant was inactive due to personal problems. In 1969 Green, having relocated to Detroit, returned with a new funk-influenced band. His recordings from this period include the commercially successful Green is Beautiful and Live at the Lighthouse. Grant left Blue Note again in 1974 and once again recorded sporadically for different labels.
Green spent much of 1978 in hospital and, against the advice of doctors, went back on the road. While in New York to play an engagement at George Benson's Breezin' Lounge, Green collapsed in his car of a heart attack on January 31, 1979. He was buried in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and was survived by six children.
Originally released in 1961 on Blue Note Records as BST-84071
Recording by Rudy Van Gelder
Cover photo by Francis Wolff
Cover design by Reid Miles
Mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering, Camarillo, California
Authored for SACD by Gus Skinas on the SONOMA system at the Super Audio Center, Boulder, Colorado
Additional design, 2010-Analogue Productions
Liner notes by Leonard Feather (Author of "The New Encyclopedia of Jazz")
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Grant Green - Green Street (2010) {Analogue Productions}
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Grant Green - Green Street. 2010 (1961) SACD (Sony PS3 Rip)
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