Grant Green
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Biography
[Edit]A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar. He combined an extensive foundation in R&B with a mastery of bebop and simplicity that put expressiveness ahead of technical expertise. Green was a superb blues interpreter, and while his later material was predominantly blues and R&B, he was also a wondrous ballad and standards soloist. He was a particular admirer of Charlie Parker, and his phrasing often reflected it.
Grant Green was born in St. Louis in 1935 (although many records during his lifetime incorrectly listed 1931). He learned his instrument in grade school from his guitar-playing father, and was playing professionally by the age of thirteen with a gospel group. He worked gigs in his home town and in East St. Louis, Illinois — playing in the '50s with Jimmy Forrest, Harry Edison, and Lou Donaldson — until he moved to New York in 1960 at the suggestion of Donaldson. Green told Dan Morgenstern in a Down Beat interview: "The first thing I learned to play was boogie-woogie. Then I had to do a lot of rock & roll. It's all blues, anyhow."
During the early '60s, both his fluid, tasteful playing in organ/guitar/drum combos and his other dates for Blue Note established Green as a star, though he seldom got the critical respect given other players. He collaborated with many organists, among them Brother Jack McDuff, Sam Lazar, Baby Face Willette, Gloria Coleman, Big John Patton, and Larry Young. He was off the scene for a bit in the mid-'60s, but came back strong in the late '60s and '70s. Green played with Stanley Turrentine, Dave Bailey, Yusef Lateef, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Elvin Jones.
Sadly, drug problems interrupted his career in the '60s, and undoubtedly contributed to the illness he suffered in the late '70s. Green was hospitalized in 1978 and died a year later. Despite some rather uneven LPs near the end of his career, the great body of his work represents marvelous soul-jazz, bebop, and blues.
Although he mentions Charlie Christian and Jimmy Raney as influences, Green always claimed he listened to horn players (Charlie Parker and Miles Davis) and not other guitar players, and it shows. No other player has this kind of single-note linearity (he avoids chordal playing). There is very little of the intellectual element in Green's playing, and his technique is always at the service of his music. And it is music, plain and simple, that makes Green unique.
Green's playing is immediately recognizable — perhaps more than any other guitarist. Green has been almost systematically ignored by jazz buffs with a bent to the cool side, and he has only recently begun to be appreciated for his incredible musicality. Perhaps no guitarist has ever handled standards and ballads with the brilliance of Grant Green. Mosaic, the nation's premier jazz reissue label, issued a wonderful collection The Complete Blue Note Recordings with Sonny Clark, featuring prime early '60s Green albums plus unissued tracks. Some of the finest examples of Green's work can be found there. ~ Michael Erlewine & Ron Wynn, Rovi
Collections
Title: Kings Of Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hot Latin Jazz Percussion!
Title: Jazz Guitar: From The Famous Savoy Jazz Archives (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Guitar: From The Famous Savoy Jazz Archives (CD3)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Bossa Nova 100 (CD2)
Title: The Later Lounge
Title: Most Essential Cool Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Jazz Playlist - Soul
Title: Jazz - 110 Original Hits (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ladies In Blue: The Best Blue Note Female Vocals (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Coffee Table Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Relax With Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Classic Funk (CD3)
Title: Best Of Blue Break Beats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Soul Jazz
Title: Doing The James Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 50 Soul Jazz Classics
Title: Golden Jazz Vol. 07
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pioneers Of The Electric Guitar (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock
Title: Coffehouse Jazz
Title: Coffeehouse Mood
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Pop, Lounge
Title: 50 Shades Of Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Blue Note Plays Rodgers & Hart
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Standards Collection Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: California Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: California Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: California Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: California Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Funk Jazz Brothers
Title: Chill Out With Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Jazz In Movies
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Top Funk Jazz
Title: Super Funky Soul Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Simply Road Trip (CD2)
Genre: Chill Out, Blues, Jazz, Instrumental, Lounge, Instrumental
Title: Jazz Cafe Havana
Genre: Jazz
Title: Summer Night Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Night And Day: Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Round Midnight: Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Summery Jazz 2016
Title: Light Jazz Classics
Genre: Chill Out, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Lounge, Bossanova
Title: Top 50 Romantic Jazz Instrumentals
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Smooth Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Sampled And Covered
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Samba, Bossanova
Title: Jazz Passion
Genre: Jazz
Title: Autumn Love Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Alternate Side Of Jazz Remastered
Genre: Jazz
Title: Wanted Jazz, Vol. 1 And 2: From Diggers To Music Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pure Latin Jazz 2019
Title: NOW Jazz Classics 2020
Genre: Jazz
Title: Trip To Brazil: The Best Of Brazilian Jazz On Resonance
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Greatest Jazz Icons 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Erotic Emotions Jazz, Vol. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Best Jazz Ballads (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Best Jazz Ballads (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Brazilian Rare Groove: Rare Funky Songs From Brazil
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: Jazz Funk Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hi-Res Masters: Jazz Guitar
Genre: Jazz
Title: 20 Great Jazz Instrumentals (All Tracks Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: A Tribute To Antonio Carlos Jobim
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin, Bossanova