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Grant Green signed to Blue Note for a second time in 1969. Where his first stint with the label was nearly all hard bop, the recordings from his second stay were almost all funky soul-jazz. Predictably, these are sessions that jazz purists have dismissed throughout the years, even though -- when judged strictly on the level of funky, groove-oriented dance music -- the music is quite strong. During the '80s and '90s, dance and hip-hop fans rediscovered Green's records from the late '70s and sampled his playing and grooves on their own records. Blue Note assembled The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 to capitalize on the popularity of this acid-jazz movement. All of the material on this disc is drawn from albums -- The Final Comedown, Live at the Lighthouse, Visions -- that never received much attention in jazz circles. Nevertheless, fans of this sound will find The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 to be a delight -- there are a lot of wonderfully funky, dense grooves on here, and many of the songs have been out of print since their original issue. Hard bop fans will not reconsider their negative opinion of this music based on this compilation, but acid-jazz, groove, and hip-hop fans will find this disc to be an excellent addition to their Grant Green collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Grant Green, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Morgan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Wolff, Producer - George Coleman, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Wilson, Composer, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Morris, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1969 Blue Note Records
Jimmy Lewis, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Earl Neal Creque, Composer, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - William Bivens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
JAMES BROWN, Composer - Candido Camero, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Lewis, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - 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 - Emanuel Riggins, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Steve Cropper, Composer - Don Covay, Composer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Foster, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Wolff, Producer - Ed Greene, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Bartee, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - William Bivens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Armstrong, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1970 Blue Note Records
Chuck Rainey, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Armando, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - George Butler, Producer - Ben Dixon, Composer - Idris Muhammad, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Riggins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Wooten, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1971 Capitol Records, LLC
Grant Green, Composer, MainArtist - George Butler, Producer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Ralph MacDonald, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Bodner, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Alto Saxophone, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Cornell Dupree, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Edwards, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Stamm, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Tee, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Percussion, Timpani, Vibraphone, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Grant Green, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Seymour Barab, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Smith, Tambourine, Marimba, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Barber, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wade Marcus, Composer, Conductor - George Butler, Producer - Harry Zaratzian, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Bianco, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harold Vick, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Markowitz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Markowitz, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Grant Green, MainArtist - George Butler, Producer - Earl Neal Creque, Composer
(C) 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1972 Blue Note Records
Album review
Grant Green signed to Blue Note for a second time in 1969. Where his first stint with the label was nearly all hard bop, the recordings from his second stay were almost all funky soul-jazz. Predictably, these are sessions that jazz purists have dismissed throughout the years, even though -- when judged strictly on the level of funky, groove-oriented dance music -- the music is quite strong. During the '80s and '90s, dance and hip-hop fans rediscovered Green's records from the late '70s and sampled his playing and grooves on their own records. Blue Note assembled The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 to capitalize on the popularity of this acid-jazz movement. All of the material on this disc is drawn from albums -- The Final Comedown, Live at the Lighthouse, Visions -- that never received much attention in jazz circles. Nevertheless, fans of this sound will find The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 to be a delight -- there are a lot of wonderfully funky, dense grooves on here, and many of the songs have been out of print since their original issue. Hard bop fans will not reconsider their negative opinion of this music based on this compilation, but acid-jazz, groove, and hip-hop fans will find this disc to be an excellent addition to their Grant Green collection.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:20
- Main artists: Grant Green
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1996 Blue Note Records ℗ 1996 Blue Note Records
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