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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

Title: Train Sounds

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Sunflower

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Golden Days

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Dinner

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Holy Christmas Voices

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Mellow Madness

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Green Street

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Talkin' About

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: One By One

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Dancing Couple

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Born To Be Blue

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Am I Blue?

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Piano

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blue Jeans

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Standards

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Santas Favorite Hits

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Thoughtful

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blues for Lou

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Street Rodeo

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Look Into The Future

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Magic Winter Sounds

Artist: Grant Green

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Title: Big Rock

Artist: Grant Green

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Title: Little Angel

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Spring Awakening

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Ain't It Funky Now

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: First Session

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Dance Together

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Hottest Ever

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Back To The Roots

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Winter Wonder Land

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Street of Dreams

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Come Sunrise

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Main Attraction

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Lady In Black

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Pop

Title: One for Elena

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Finest In Jazz

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Call Me Later

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blue Breakbeats

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz, Rock

Title: Guitar Town Music

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Reaching Out

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Super Top Hits

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

Title: Festive Tones

Artist: Grant Green

Genre: Jazz

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