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The second album of Grant Green's thorough jazz-funk makeover, Green Is Beautiful finds the guitarist growing more comfortable with harder, funkier R&B than he seemed on the softer-hued Carryin' On. The switch from Fender Rhodes electric piano back to the more traditional Hammond organ certainly helps give the session a little extra grit, but it doesn't return Green to the land of soul-jazz by any means. Green Is Beautiful is still explicitly commercial and accessible to non-jazz audiences, and (purist objections notwithstanding) that's not necessarily a bad thing. Green's take on James Brown's "Ain't It Funky Now" is one of the funkiest items in his rare-groove period; it may be chordally very simple, but the groove is tight and percolating, and Green, tenor saxophonist Claude Bartee, and trumpeter Blue Mitchell all come up with hot, exciting solos. The album also benefits from Green's discovery of composer and occasional organist Earl Neal Creque, who contributes two bright, slinky, horn-driven originals: "The Windjammer," which became one of the signature tunes of Green's late period, and "Dracula." They help give the album a more original voice, and indicate that Green was actively making himself at home in his new musical environment, not just mixing dull originals with phoned-in covers of pop and R&B hits (as he and many other '70s Blue Note artists were accused of doing). Of course, there are still pop covers present -- the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" is a mellow, mid-tempo groove, and Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" doesn't stray far from the melody. Even if those aren't particularly distinctive, the remainder of Green Is Beautiful proves that Green's reinvention as a jazz-funk artist wasn't the misguided disaster it was initially made out to be.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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JAMES BROWN, Composer - Jimmy Lewis, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Landrum, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Neal Creque, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Lewis, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Landrum, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Riggins, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
Jimmy Lewis, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Landrum, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Neal Creque, Composer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Lewis, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Landrum, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Riggins, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
Jimmy Lewis, Fender Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Candido, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Mitchell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Landrum, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Neal Creque, Composer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
Presentación del Álbum
The second album of Grant Green's thorough jazz-funk makeover, Green Is Beautiful finds the guitarist growing more comfortable with harder, funkier R&B than he seemed on the softer-hued Carryin' On. The switch from Fender Rhodes electric piano back to the more traditional Hammond organ certainly helps give the session a little extra grit, but it doesn't return Green to the land of soul-jazz by any means. Green Is Beautiful is still explicitly commercial and accessible to non-jazz audiences, and (purist objections notwithstanding) that's not necessarily a bad thing. Green's take on James Brown's "Ain't It Funky Now" is one of the funkiest items in his rare-groove period; it may be chordally very simple, but the groove is tight and percolating, and Green, tenor saxophonist Claude Bartee, and trumpeter Blue Mitchell all come up with hot, exciting solos. The album also benefits from Green's discovery of composer and occasional organist Earl Neal Creque, who contributes two bright, slinky, horn-driven originals: "The Windjammer," which became one of the signature tunes of Green's late period, and "Dracula." They help give the album a more original voice, and indicate that Green was actively making himself at home in his new musical environment, not just mixing dull originals with phoned-in covers of pop and R&B hits (as he and many other '70s Blue Note artists were accused of doing). Of course, there are still pop covers present -- the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" is a mellow, mid-tempo groove, and Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" doesn't stray far from the melody. Even if those aren't particularly distinctive, the remainder of Green Is Beautiful proves that Green's reinvention as a jazz-funk artist wasn't the misguided disaster it was initially made out to be.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 5 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:37:32
- Artistas principales: Grant Green
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Blue Note Records
- Género Jazz
© 1994 Blue Note Records ℗ 1994 Blue Note Records
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