Grant Green discography

Last updated

This is the discography for American jazz musician Grant Green.

Contents

As leader

Recording dateTitleLabelYear releasedNotes
1961-01 Grant's First Stand Blue Note 1961
1961-03Reaching Out Black Lion [1] 1989Originally 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).
1961-04 Green Street Blue Note1961
1961-06 Sunday Mornin' Blue Note1962
1961-08 Grantstand Blue Note1962
1961-08 Remembering Blue Note1980Japan only. Reissued on CD as Standards (1998).
1960-11,
1961-10
First Session Blue Note2001Connoisseur series
1961-12 Gooden's Corner Blue Note1980Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997).
1962-01 Nigeria Blue Note1980LT series
1962-01 Oleo Blue Note1980Japan only. Included in compilation album The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (1997).
1962-03 Born to Be Blue Blue Note1985
1962-04,
1962-09
The Latin Bit Blue Note1963
1962-11 Goin' West Blue Note1969
1962-12 Feelin' the Spirit Blue Note1963
1963-05 Am I Blue Blue Note1964
1963-02,
1963-06
Blues for Lou Blue Note1999Connoisseur series
1963-11 Idle Moments Blue Note1965
1964-05 Matador Blue Note1979Japan only
1964-06 Solid Blue Note1979LT series
1964-09 Talkin' About! Blue Note1965
1964-11 Street of Dreams Blue Note1967
1965-03 I Want to Hold Your Hand Blue Note1966
1965-05 His Majesty King Funk Verve 1965Reissued on CD in 1995 (Verve/Polygram 527474).
1967 Iron City! Cobblestone 1972Re-released in 1977 (Muse MR 5120); reissued on CD in 1998 (32 Jazz 32048), and again in 2003 (Savoy 17227).
1969-10 Carryin' On Blue Note1970
1970-01 Green Is Beautiful Blue Note1970
1970-08 Alive! Blue Note1970Live
1971-01 Live at Club Mozambique Blue Note2006Live
1971-05 Visions Blue Note1971
1971-11 Shades of Green Blue Note1971
1971-12 The Final Comedown Blue Note1972
1972-04 Live at The Lighthouse Blue Note1972Live. LA series.
1976-03 The Main Attraction Kudu 1976Reissued on CD in 2002 (Epic/Legacy 86145).
1978-04 Easy Versatile1978Reissued on CD in 2001 (Unidisc UBK 4111), and again in 2007 (Essential Media Group 11025).

[2]

As sideman

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1969

1970

1973

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Turrentine</span> American jazz musician

Thomas Walter Turrentine, Jr. was a swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer who was active between the 1940s and the 1960s. He rarely worked as a bandleader, and was known for his work as a sideman with drummer Max Roach and his younger brother, the saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albert Heath</span> American drummer

Albert "Tootie" Heath is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonny Stitt</span> American jazz saxophonist

Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording more than 100 albums. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern because of his tendency to rarely work with the same musicians for long despite his relentless touring and devotion to jazz. Stitt was sometimes viewed as a Charlie Parker mimic, especially earlier in his career, but gradually came to develop his own sound and style, particularly when performing on tenor saxophone and even occasionally baritone saxophone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Idris Muhammad</span> American drummer

Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such as Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, Bob James, and Tete Montoliu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David "Fathead" Newman</span> American jazz and R&B saxophonist (1933–2009)

David "Fathead" Newman was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles.

James Robert Forrest Jr. was an American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack McDuff</span> American jazz organist and bandleader

Eugene McDuff, known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Jones (musician)</span> American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer

Samuel Jones was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harold Vick</span> American jazz saxophonist and flutist

Harold Vick was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

Seldon Powell was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

Melvin Sparks was an American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist. He recorded a number of albums for Prestige Records, later recording for Savant Records. He appeared on several recordings with musicians including Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, Leon Spencer and Johnny Hammond Smith.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red Holloway</span> American jazz saxophonist (1927–2012)

James Wesley "Red" Holloway was an American jazz saxophonist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mickey Roker</span> American drummer

Granville William "Mickey" Roker was an American jazz drummer.

George Andrew Tucker was an American jazz double-bassist.

Don Patterson was an American jazz organist.

<i>The Natural Soul</i> 1963 studio album by Lou Donaldson

The Natural Soul is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson recorded for the Blue Note label in 1962 and performed by Donaldson with Grant Green, Tommy Turrentine, Big John Patton, and Ben Dixon.

Ben Dixon was an American jazz drummer.

Jimmy Lewis was an American double bassist who worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and sextet in the 1950s and with Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Billie Holiday and Ivory Joe Hunter before moving to bass guitar during his time with King Curtis. He provided the basslines for the musical Hair. Lewis freelanced extensively and performed on many albums by soul and jazz musicians, including Horace Silver and the Modern Jazz Quartet up until the late 1980s. He died in 2000.

References

  1. Review by Michael G. Nastos, Allmusic.com
  2. "Grant Green Albums and Discography". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.