Grant Green – Idle Moments (1965) [Analogue Productions 2010] [SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 64:12 minutes | Scans included | 2,66 GB
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This languid, seductive gem may well be Grant Green’s greatest moment on record. Right from the opening bars of the classic title cut, Idle Moments is immediately ingratiating and accessible, featuring some of Green’s most stylish straight jazz playing. Whether he’s running warm (pianist Duke Pearson’s “Idle Moments”), cool (the Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django”), or a bit more up-tempo (Pearson’s “Nomad,” his own “Jean de Fleur”), Green treats the material with the graceful elegance that was the hallmark of his best hard bop sessions, and that quality achieves its fullest expression here. He’s helped by an ensemble that, as a sextet, is slightly larger and fuller-sounding than usual, and there’s plenty of room for solo explorations on the four extended pieces. Pearson’s touch on the piano is typically warm, while two players best known on Blue Note for their modernist dates mellow out a bit — the cool shimmer of Bobby Hutcherson’s vibes is a marvelously effective addition to the atmosphere, while Joe Henderson plays with a husky, almost Ike Quebec-like breathiness. That cushion of support helps spur Green to some of the loveliest, most intimate performances of his career — no matter what the tempo, it’s as if his guitar is whispering secrets in your ear. It’s especially true on the dreamy title track, though: a gorgeous, caressing, near-15-minute excursion that drifts softly along like a warm, starry summer night. Even more than the two-disc set The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark, Idle Moments is the essential first Green purchase, and some of the finest guitar jazz of the hard bop era.

Tracklist:

01. Idle Moments
02. Jean De Fleur
03. Django
04. Nomad
05. Jean De Fleur (Alternate Version)
06. Django (Alternate Version)

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Grant Green – Grantstand (1962) [APO Remaster 2011] [SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 42:44 minutes | Scans included | 1,75 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 816 MB

Grant Green’s third album to be released, Grantstand teams the clear-toned guitarist with an unlikely backing group of musicians who rarely appeared with Blue Note otherwise: tenor saxophonist Yusef Lateef (who doubles on flute), organist Brother Jack McDuff, and drummer Al Harewood. Although Lateef was beginning to delve deeply into Eastern tonalities and instruments around the same time, his playing here is pretty straightforward and swinging, fitting the relaxed, bop-tinged soul-jazz that makes up most of the session. For his part, McDuff is mellower than his usual ferocious self, laying back and swinging with a blissful ease. Green contributes two bluesy originals, the nine-minute title track and the 15-minute “Blues in Maude’s Flat,” which are turned into loose, loping jams that rank as some of the best examples of Green’s ability to work an extended groove. (The CD bonus track, “Green’s Greenery,” is in much the same vein, though not as long.) Elsewhere, Green leads a delicate, sensitive exploration of “My Funny Valentine” that ended up as his greatest standard performance to date, setting the stage for a great deal more work in this vein that was soon to be forthcoming (including his brilliant sessions with Sonny Clark). Still, the groove is what reigns supreme for most of the album; if you’re looking for Green the soul-jazz groovemaster, Grantstand is an excellent place to find him.

Tracklist:

01. Grantstand
02. My Funny Valentine
03. Blues In Maude’s Flat
04. Old Folks
05. Green’s Greenery [Bonus Track]

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Grant Green – Sunday Mornin’ (High Definition Remaster 2023) (1961/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:16 minutes | 455 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali

Sunday Mornin’ is an album by the American jazz guitarist Grant Green recorded for the Blue Note label in 1961, and released the following year. Bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Dave Bailey return from Green’s previous album, joined by pianist Kenny Drew. The CD reissue adds a bonus track recorded at the same session.

Tracklist:

1. Grant Green – Freedom March (Remastered 2023) (08:39)
2. Grant Green – Sunday Mornin’ (Remastered 2023) (03:59)
3. Grant Green – Exodus (Remastered 2023) (06:58)
4. Grant Green – God Bless The Child (Remastered 2023) (07:20)
5. Grant Green – Come Sunrise (Remastered 2023) (04:31)
6. Grant Green – So What (Remastered 2023) (09:44)

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Grant Green – Street Of Dreams (1964/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:35 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Originally released as Blue Note BLP 4253 (mono) and BST 84253 (stereo)

“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue Note President, Don Was.

Street Of Dreams is Grant Green’s 1964 classic. It features fellow virtuosos Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young and Elvin Jones. The album explores the exhilarating standards “I Wish You Love,” “Lazy Afternoon,” “Street Of Dreams” and “Somewhere In The Night.” Street Of Dreams features the band’s uncanny chemistry and delicate nuances. Absolutely essential.Grant Green’s second session with organist Larry Young, Street of Dreams brings back drummer Elvin Jones and adds Bobby Hutcherson on vibes for a mellow, dreamy album that lives up to its title. There are only four selections, all standards and all around eight to ten minutes long, and the musicians approach them as extended mood pieces, creating a marvelously light, cool atmosphere that’s maintained throughout the record. Hutcherson is the perfect addition for this project, able to blend in with the modal advancement of the rest of the ensemble while adding his clear, shimmering tone to the overall texture of the album. All the musicians play with a delicate touch that’s quite distinct from the modal soul-jazz on Talkin’ About; it’s not so much romantic as thoughtful and introspective, floating along as if buoyed by clouds. There aren’t really any fireworks or funky grooves, as the music is all of a piece, which makes it difficult to choose the highlights from French songwriter Charles Trenet’s “I Wish You Love,” “Lazy Afternoon,” the title track, or “Somewhere in the Night.” It’s another fine record in a discography filled with them, and yet another underrated Green session.

Tracklist:

01. Grant Green – I Wish You Love (08:44)
02. Grant Green – Lazy Afternoon (07:45)
03. Grant Green – Street Of Dreams (09:01)
04. Grant Green – Somewhere In The Night (08:03)

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Grant Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1965/2103)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:26 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Originally released as Blue Note BLP 4202 (mono) and BST 84202 (stereo)

“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue Note President, Don Was.The third of three sessions Grant Green co-led with modal organist Larry Young and Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones, I Want to Hold Your Hand continues in the soft, easy style of its predecessor, Street of Dreams(also available as an HDTracks download). This time, however — as one might guess from the title and cover photo — the flavor is less reflective and more romantic and outwardly engaging. Part of the reason is tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, who takes vibe player Bobby Hutcherson’s place accompanying the core trio. His breathy, sensuous warmth keeps the album simmering at a low boil, and some of the repertoire helps as well, mixing romantic ballad standards (often associated with vocalists) and gently undulating bossa novas. The title track — yes, the Beatles tune — is one of the latter, cleverly adapted and arranged into perfectly viable jazz that suits Green’s elegant touch with pop standards; the other bossa nova, Jobim’s “Corcovado,” is given a wonderfully caressing treatment. Even with all the straightforward pop overtones of much of the material, the quartet’s playing is still very subtly advanced, both in its rhythmic interaction and the soloists’ harmonic choices. Whether augmented by an extra voice or sticking to the basic trio format, the Green/Young/Jones team produced some of the most sophisticated organ/guitar combo music ever waxed, and I Want to Hold Your Hand is the loveliest of the bunch.

Tracklist:

01. Grant Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand (07:21)
02. Grant Green – Speak Low (07:13)
03. Grant Green – Stella By Starlight (06:28)
04. Grant Green – Corcovado (Quiet Nights) (05:58)
05. Grant Green – This Could Be The Start Of Something (07:06)
06. Grant Green – At Long Last Love (07:18)

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Grant Green – Idle Moments (1963/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:42 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Originally released as Blue Note BLP 4154 (mono) and BST 84154 (stereo)

“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue Note President, Don Was.

Idle Moments contains some of Grant Green’s most sublime playing, and the title track is full of elegant expressiveness that is thoroughly enjoyable.This languid, seductive gem may well be Grant Green’s greatest moment on record. Right from the opening bars of the classic title cut, Idle Moments is immediately ingratiating and accessible, featuring some of Green’s most stylish straight jazz playing. Whether he’s running warm (pianist Duke Pearson’s “Idle Moments”), cool (the Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django”), or a bit more up-tempo (Pearson’s “Nomad,” his own “Jean de Fleur”), Green treats the material with the graceful elegance that was the hallmark of his best hard bop sessions, and that quality achieves its fullest expression here. He’s helped by an ensemble that, as a sextet, is slightly larger and fuller-sounding than usual, and there’s plenty of room for solo explorations on the four extended pieces. Pearson’s touch on the piano is typically warm, while two players best known on Blue Note for their modernist dates mellow out a bit — the cool shimmer of Bobby Hutcherson’s vibes is a marvelously effective addition to the atmosphere, while Joe Henderson plays with a husky, almost Ike Quebec-like breathiness. That cushion of support helps spur Green to some of the loveliest, most intimate performances of his career — no matter what the tempo, it’s as if his guitar is whispering secrets in your ear. It’s especially true on the dreamy title track, though: a gorgeous, caressing, near-15-minute excursion that drifts softly along like a warm, starry summer night. Idle Moments is the essential first Green purchase, and some of the finest guitar jazz of the hard bop era.

Tracklist:

01. Grant Green – Idle Moments (14:54)
02. Grant Green – Jean De Fleur (06:49)
03. Grant Green – Django (08:43)
04. Grant Green – Nomad (12:15)

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Grant Green – Green Street (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:15 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Note Records

Guitarist Grant Green was one of the busiest musicians in jazz between 1961 and 1965, not only leading his own Blue Note sessions but playing as a sideman on many Blue Note recordings made during this period. Green Street, one of six (!) albums he recorded as leader in 1961, remains one of the finest of his prolific Blue Note output. Supported by just Ben Tucker’s bass and Dave Bailey’s drums, Green seems inspired by the absence of piano. His harmonic and interpretive imagination is in high gear on this unique masterpiece in his discography.As a trio, this edition of guitarist Grant Green’s many ensembles has to rank with the best he had ever fronted. Recorded on April Fool’s Day of 1961, the band and music are no joke, as bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Dave Bailey understand in the most innate sense how to support Green, lay back when needed, or strut their own stuff when called upon. Still emerging as an individualist, Green takes further steps ahead, without a pianist, saxophonist, or — most importantly — an organist. His willpower drives this music forward in a refined approach that definitely marks him as a distinctive, immediately recognizable player. It is also a session done in a period when Green was reeling in popular demand, as this remarkably is one of six recordings he cut for Blue Note as a leader in 1961, not to mention other projects as a sideman. To say his star was rising would be an understatement. The lean meatiness of this group allows all three musicians to play with little hesitation, no wasted notes, and plenty of soul. Another aspect of this studio date is the stereo separation of Green’s guitar in one speaker, perhaps not prevalent in modern recordings, but very much in use then. Check out the atypical (for Green) ballad “‘Round About Midnight,” as the guitarist trims back embellishments to play this famous melody straight, with a slight vibrato, occasional trills, and a shuffled bridge. The trio cops an attitude similar to Dizzy Gillespie for the introduction to “Alone Together,” with clipped melody notes and a bass filler from Tucker. Three of Green’s originals stamp his personal mark on rising original soulful post-bop sounds, as “No. 1 Green Street” has basic B-flat, easy-grooving tenets similar to his previously recorded tune “Miss Ann’s Tempo.” Two interesting key changes and chord accents identify the outstanding “Grant’s Dimensions” beyond its core bop bridge and jam configuration — not the least of which contains a hefty bass solo from the criminally underrated Tucker and Bailey trading fours. “Green with Envy” should be familiar to fans of Horace Silver, as it is almost identically based on the changes of “Nica’s Dream,” a neat adaptation full of stop-starts and stretched-out improvising over ten minutes. –Michael G. Nastos

Tracklist:

01. Grant Green – No. 1 Green Street (07:18)
02. Grant Green – ‘Round About Midnight (07:02)
03. Grant Green – Grant’s Dimensions (07:54)
04. Grant Green – Green With Envy (09:45)
05. Grant Green – Alone Together (07:14)

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Grant Green – Grantstand (1962/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:55 minutes | 781 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Grantstand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962. The CD reissue released in 1987 features one bonus track from the same session.

Tracklist:

1-1. Grant Green – Grantstand (Remastered) (09:08)
1-2. Grant Green – My Funny Valentine (Remastered) (09:09)
1-3. Grant Green – Blues In Maude’s Flat (Remastered) (15:05)
1-4. Grant Green – Old Folks (Remastered) (04:14)
1-5. Grant Green – Green’s Greenery (Remastered) (05:18)

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