Grant's First Stand

Grant's First Stand
Studio album by Grant Green
Released 1961
Recorded January 28, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length 40:00
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Grant Green chronology
First Session
(1960-61)		 Grant's First Stand
(1961)		 Green Street
(1961)

Grant's First Stand is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances by Green recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961.[1] Earlier recordings made by Green for Blue Note were released as First Session in 2001.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "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".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated
  1. "Miss Ann's Tempo" – 5:39
  2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 7:42
  3. "Blues for Willareen" – 7:08
  4. "Baby's Minor Lope" (Baby Face Willette) – 7:18
  5. "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Porter Grainger) – 4:26
  6. "A Wee Bit O'Green" – 7:47
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 28, 1961

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 14, 2010
  2. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2010