Grant Green

• 80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• BLUE NOTE DEBUT SERIES

Grant Green's debut album, Grant's First Stand, still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio. For having such a small lineup -- just organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon -- the group cooks up quite a bit of power, really sinking its teeth into the storming up-tempo numbers, and swinging loose and easy on the ballads.

PERSONNEL:

• GRANT GREEN, guitar
• "BABY FACE" WILLETTE, organ
• BEN DIXON, drums

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., January 28, 1961.

TRACKS:

• A1. Miss Ann's Tempo
• A2. Lullaby of the leaves
• A3. Blues For Willarene

• B1. Baby's Minor Lope
• B2. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
• B3. A Wee Bit O'Green