Green Street (album)

Green Street
Studio album by Grant Green
Released October 1961[1]
Recorded April 1, 1961
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz, post-bop
Length 39:19
Label Blue Note
BST 84071
Producer Alfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
Grant's First Stand
(1961)
Green Street
(1961)
Sunday Mornin'
(1961)

Green Street is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961.[2] The CD reissue features two alternate takes from the same session as bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars and stated "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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

  1. "No. 1 Green Street" – 7:20
  2. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:04
  3. "Grant's Dimensions" – 7:56
  4. "Green with Envy" – 9:46
  5. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 7:13

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Green with Envy" [Alternate take] – 7:55
  2. "Alone Together" [Alternate take] – 6:56

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Oct 16, 1961
  2. Grant Green discography accessed September 14, 2010
  3. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2010
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