Halfvalue.com : Grant Green Guide

Ben Fernandez (Boston, MA)
Qualifications: Jazz Guitar Enthusiast

Matador by Green, Grant
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Grant Green with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones (both played with John Coltrane). Includes a great version of "My Favorite Things." A true masterpiece!

Solid by Green, Grant
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Grant Green with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones again (Joe Henderson too). On the same level as "Matador." Outstanding pure jazz!

Green Street by Green, Grant
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Guitar, bass and drums; that's it. Another straight jazz classic. Great song selection, including "'Round Midnight" and "Alone Together."

Standards by Green, Grant
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Guitar, bass and drums again. More straight Jazz. But not so great selection of songs for this format. I liked "Green Street" much better.

The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark by Green, Grant
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Great straight jazz with Sonny Clark. Some great standards, including "Airegin," "Oleo," "Tune Up" and "My Favorite Things."

Born to Be Blue by Green, Grant
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Another one with Sonny Clark (Ike Quebec too). Too mellow for me (not bluesy). I'd much rather listen to the "Complete Quartets."

Idle Moments by Green, Grant
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Bobby Hutcherson on vibes (Joe Henderson and Duke Pearson too). Some people think this is Grant's best, but I disagree. Way too subdued for me. And you hear less of Grant than you would expect.

Street of Dreams by Green, Grant
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Bobby Hutcherson on vibes again, this time with Larry Young on organ and Elvin Jones on drums. Another slow one. Better than "Idle Moments," but I still prefer Grant's other stuff.

Talkin' About! by Green, Grant
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Grant with Larry Young and Elvin Jones. Not the usual upbeat organ trio jazz. The song "People" is a little cheesy; otherwise, this one is o.k. I guess.

I Want to Hold Your Hand by Green, Grant
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Grant with Larry, Elvin and Hank Mobley. "Idle Moments," "Street of Dreams," "Talkin' About" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" are top sellers for Grant Green, but they are all too mellow for me.

Am I Blue? by Green, Grant
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Great line up (Patton and Henderson). Not blues, but still a disappointing cd. In my opinion, "Matador," "Solid", "Green Street" and "the Quartets" are Grant Green's best recordings.

Grant's First Stand by Green, Grant
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Grant's Blue Note debut. Organ trio with "Baby Face" Willette. Great bluesy jazz. Grant does this better than anyone else

Grantstand by Green, Grant
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Organ trio with Jack McDuff (and Yusef Lateef). More great bluesy jazz.

Blues for Lou by Green, Grant
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Organ trio with Big John Patton. Green's best organ trio jazz is with Patton. "Grants First Stand," "Blues for Lou," "Granstand," and "Iron City" are Grant's best organ trio cd's.

Iron City by Grant Green
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Organ trio with Big John Patton again. More Great bluesy jazz by a classic pair. This one really cooks.

The Latin Bit by Green, Grant
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Latin theme with Willie Bobo and "Potato" Valdez. Happy Jazz!

Goin' West by Green, Grant
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Western theme with Herbie Hancock. Suprisingly good (a little funky too).

Feelin' the Spirit by Green, Grant
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Spiritual theme with Herbie Hancock. Loved this one.

Sunday Mornin' by Grant Green
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Gospel theme. Loved this one too. The song "So What" doesn't really fit, but it's a great song anyway. The "Latin Bit," "Feelin' the Spirit," "Sunday Mornin'," and "Goin' West" are all great cd's.

Carryin' On by Green, Grant
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Great funky jazz with Idris Muhammad. Anything with Idris is going to be good.

Green Is Beautiful by Green, Grant
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More funky jazz with Idris Muhammad. Just as good as "Carryin' On."

Alive! by Green, Grant
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Great live funk with Idris again. Better than "Live at the Lighthouse."

Live at the Lighthouse by Green, Grant
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More live funk, but not as good as the others. If you like the funky stuff, "Carryin' On," "Green is Beautiful," "Alive" and "Visions" are best (although "Visions" isn't available on cd right now).

His Majesty, King Funk/Up With Donald Byrd by Green, Grant
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Another funky jazz cd, but not Grant's best work. He isn't even on one of the two cd's.

Main Attraction by Green, Grant
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Grant's least appealing funky cd. I'd skip this one. And, if this list was helpful to you, double click on the "yes" button at the top of the page.

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