Grant Green

INCLUDES FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD ALBUM PLUS 1 BONUS TRACK

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PERSONNEL

GRANT GREEN, guitar
SONNY CLARK, piano
SAM JONES, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 13, 1962.

SIDE A:

01 AIREGIN
02 IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
03 NANCY *

SIDE B:

01 I CONCENTRATE ON YOU
02 THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER
03 THE SONG IS YOU

*Bonus track: From the same session, but not included on the original LP.

This release presents the complete original LP Nigeria (Blue Note LT-1032), featuring the great Grant Green in a quartet setting backed by Sonny Clark on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on June 6, 1935 (although all the records released during his lifetime state that he was born on June 6, 1931; he died on January 31, 1979), Grant Green was one of the most remarkable guitar players in jazz history. He went to Chicago in 1959, following the advice of tenor sax player Jimmy Forrest, with whom Grant would make his very first recordings. He became a Blue Note artist in 1960 and would remain with the label until the early 1970s.