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Grant Green's debut album, Grant's First Stand, still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio. For having such a small lineup -- just organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon -- the group cooks up quite a bit of power, really sinking its teeth into the storming up-tempo numbers, and swinging loose and easy on the ballads. The influence of the blues on both Green and Willette is strong and, while that's far and away the dominant flavor of the session, Green also displays his unique bop phrasing (learned by studying horn players' lines, rather than other guitarists) to fine effect on his high-octane opener, "Miss Ann's Tempo," and Willette's "Baby's Minor Lope." Green's original blues "A Wee Bit O'Green" and "Blues for Willarene" are both memorable, particularly the former, and the two standards -- "Lullaby of the Leaves" and "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" -- are given smoky treatments soaked in bluesy, late-night atmosphere. Willette and Dixon both supply a tremendous rhythmic drive, and Willette's solos burn with gospel fervor. This same trio performed together on Willette's Stop and Listen album, with equally heated results. None of Green's contemporaries used the single-note style (Green rarely played chords, leaving that to the organ or piano) to quite the same degree, making him a unique voice on his instrument. And his terrific debut pegged him as an up-and-comer to watch closely.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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Grant Green, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Limited, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Grant Green, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Bernice Petkere, Composer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - MCPS Suspense Account, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Grant Green, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc. / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Ltd, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Grant Green, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - Arc Music / Jewel Music Publishing Co Ltd., MusicPublisher - Roosevelt James Willette, Composer
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Grant Green, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Porter Grainger, Composer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - Everett Robbins, Composer - EMI Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Grant Green, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Baby Face Willette, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Dixon, AssociatedPerformer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Limited, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
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Grant Green's debut album, Grant's First Stand, still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio. For having such a small lineup -- just organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon -- the group cooks up quite a bit of power, really sinking its teeth into the storming up-tempo numbers, and swinging loose and easy on the ballads. The influence of the blues on both Green and Willette is strong and, while that's far and away the dominant flavor of the session, Green also displays his unique bop phrasing (learned by studying horn players' lines, rather than other guitarists) to fine effect on his high-octane opener, "Miss Ann's Tempo," and Willette's "Baby's Minor Lope." Green's original blues "A Wee Bit O'Green" and "Blues for Willarene" are both memorable, particularly the former, and the two standards -- "Lullaby of the Leaves" and "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" -- are given smoky treatments soaked in bluesy, late-night atmosphere. Willette and Dixon both supply a tremendous rhythmic drive, and Willette's solos burn with gospel fervor. This same trio performed together on Willette's Stop and Listen album, with equally heated results. None of Green's contemporaries used the single-note style (Green rarely played chords, leaving that to the organ or piano) to quite the same degree, making him a unique voice on his instrument. And his terrific debut pegged him as an up-and-comer to watch closely.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:07
- Main artists: Grant Green
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music Manager
- Genre: Jazz
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
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