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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Grant Green Story
This week, we take a brief respite from previewing upcoming performances for a look at the recent documentary film The Grant Green Story. Born in St. Louis in 1931, Green was a popular jazz guitarist in the 1960s and '70s, recording for Blue Note and other labels and playing most of the major venues of the ...
When Grant Green Got Funky
Two previously unissued Grant Green albums are giving the guitarist’s music something of a comeback. Green, who died in 1979 when he was 47, recorded extensively for the Blue Note and Prestige labels in the 1960s and ‘70s with Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and other leaders. Later, Blue Note recordings under his ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Grant Green
All About Jazz is celebrating Grant Green's birthday today! Green was born on June 6, 1931 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 ...
Quentin Angus: In Stride
by Geno Thackara
Quentin Angus comes across as the kind of player who's seemingly absorbed everything in developing a repertoire--one whose extensive study lets him draw on any style and throw out familiar licks on a whim. Here we have soft electric tones worthy of Grant Green crossed with the expansive compositional smarts of Pat Metheny. Fleet lines and ...
Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Blue
by Jerome Wilson
Organist Gregory Lewis gained the nickname “Organ Monk" due to his specialization in the music of Thelonious Monk. Known for his exaggerated, florid playing, this is the third CD he's done of Monk's music and this time he has teamed up with a musician who can match him flourish for flourish, chameleon guitarist Marc Ribot.
Complete Recordings
By Grant Green
Label: Groove Hut Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Z.T.'s Blues; More Than You Know; The Lamp Is Low; The Way You Look Tonight; For Heaven's Sake; I Wish I Knew; Be My Love; But Not For Me; Stanley's Time; Broadway; Yesterdays; Later At Minton's; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Love For Sale; Summertime; Goose Dance; Sands; Comin' On;
The Classic Albums Collection
By Grant Green
Label: Enlightenment (3)
Released: 2017
Track listing: Grant's First Stand 1961; Miss Ann's Tempo; Lullaby Of The Leaves; Blues For A Willareen; Baby's Minor Lope; 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do; A Wee Bit O' Green; Green Street 1961; No. 1 Green Street; 'Round About Midnight; Grant's Dimensions; Green With Envy; Alone Together; Sunday Mornin' 1961; Freedom March; Sunday Mornin'; Exodus; God Bless The Child; Come Sunrise; So What; Grantstand 1961; Grantstand; My Funny Valentine; Blues In Maude's Flat; Old Folks; Born To Be Blue 1962; Someday My Prince Will Come; Born To Be Blue; If I Should Lose You; Back In Your Own Back Yard; My One And Only Love; Count Every Star; Feelin' The Spirit 1962; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Joshua Fit De Batlle Ob Jericho; Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen; Go Down Moses; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child; Am I Blue 1963; Am I Blue; Take These Chains From My Heart; I Wanna Be Loved; Sweet Slumber; For All We Know; Idle Moments 1963; Idle Moments; Jean De Fleur; Django; Nomad;
Man With A Happy Sound
By Joe Carroll
Label: Solid Records (6)
Released: 2017
Track listing: Get Your Kicks On Route 66; Oh Lady Be Good; Don't Mess Around With My Love; Wha-Wha Blues; Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be; Honeysuckle Rose; I Got Rhythm; Bluest Blues; Have You Got A Penny Benny?; New School Days; On The Sunny Side Of The Street; The Land Of Ooh Bla Dee;
More Jazz Guitar Milestones Of Jazz Legends
Label: The Intense Media
Released: 2017
Track listing: Charlie Christian • T-Bone Walker; Charlie Christian With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra; T-Bone Walker; Al Casey • Tiny Grimes; Al Casey - Buck Jumpin'; Tiny Grimes - Callin' The Blues; The Wes Montgomery Trio • Johnny Griffin; The Wes Montgomery Trio - A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar / Organ / Drums; Johnny Griffin - Grab This! (Feat. Joe Pass); Tal Farlow Quartet • John Lewis & Sacha Distel; Tal Farlow Quartet; John Lewis & Sacha Distel - Afternoon In Paris; CD5 • Herb Ellis • Sal Salvador; Herb Ellis - Nothing But The Blues; Sal Salvador - Quintet / Quartet; The Jimmy Giuffre 3 • Paul Desmond; The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - The Easy Way (Feat. Jim Hall); Paul Desmond - Desmond Blue With Strings (Feat. Jim Hall); Grant Green • Bob Brookmeyer Street Swingers; Grant Green - Sunday Mornin'; Bob Brookmeyer - Street Swingers (Feat. Jim Hall & Jimmy Rainey); Kenny Burrell • Gene Ammons; Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights Volume 2; Gene Ammons - Jungle Soul (Feat. Kenny Burrell & Bucky Pizzarelli); Barney Kessel • Barry Galbraith; Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing; Barry Galbraith - Guitar And The Wind; René Tomas And Bobby Jaspar; René Tomas And Bobby Jaspar - From Rome To Comblain;
Brent Laidler: No Matter Where Noir
by Patrick Burnette
Some jazz albums are notable solely for the well-known personnel featured. These recordings excite interest based on name recognition alone. Even if albums like this lack a coherent vision, fans are willing to pick them up just to hear their favorite players at work. In contrast, composer/guitarist Brent Laidler's No Matter Where Noir , ...
