Grant Green discography

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This is the discography for American jazz musician Grant Green.

Contents

As leader

YearTitlePeak chart positionsLabelNotes
US
[1] 		US R&B
[1] 		US Jazz
[1]
1961 Grant's First Stand ――― Blue Note
Green Street ―――
1962 Sunday Mornin' ―――
Grantstand ―――
1963 The Latin Bit ―――
Feelin' the Spirit ―――
1964 Am I Blue ―――
1965 Idle Moments ―――
Talkin' About! ―――
His Majesty King Funk ――― Verve Reissued on CD in 1995 (Verve/Polygram 527474).
1966 I Want to Hold Your Hand ―――Blue Note
1967 Street of Dreams ―――
1969 Goin' West ―――
1970 Carryin' On ―49―
Green Is Beautiful ―24―
Alive! ―――Live album
1971 Visions 151315
Shades of Green ――9
1972 The Final Comedown ―――
Live at The Lighthouse ――12Live album. LA series.
Iron City! ――― Cobblestone Re-released in 1977 (Muse MR 5120); reissued on CD in 1998 (32 Jazz 32048), and again in 2003 (Savoy 17227).
1976 The Main Attraction ――20 Kudu Reissued on CD in 2002 (Epic/Legacy 86145).
1978 Easy ――45VersatileReissued on CD in 2001 (Unidisc UBK 4111), and again in 2007 (Essential Media Group 11025).
1979 Matador ―――Blue NoteJapan only
Solid ―――LT series
1980 Remembering ―――Japan only. Reissued on CD as Standards (1998).
Gooden's Corner ―――Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997).
Nigeria ―――LT series
Oleo ―――Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997).
1985 Born to Be Blue ―――
1989Reaching Out――― Black Lion [2] Originally released in 1961 as Reaching Out by Dave Bailey Quintet (Jazztime JT 003); reissued in 1973 as Green Blues by Grant Green (Muse MR 5014); reissued on CD in 1989 as Reaching Out by Grant Green (Black Lion BLCD 760129).
1999 Blues for Lou ――19Blue NoteConnoisseur series
2001 First Session ―――Connoisseur series
2006 Live at Club Mozambique ―――Live album
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

[3]

As sideman

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Grant Green - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Nastos, Michael G. "Reaching Out (1961): Review". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Grant Green Albums and Discography". Artistdirect.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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