Grant's First Stand

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Grant's First Stand
Englewood Cliffs
GenreSoul jazz
Length40:01
LabelBlue Note
BST 84064
ProducerAlfred 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

First Session
in 2001.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
[5]

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."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated
  1. "Miss Ann's Tempo" – 5:38
  2. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 7:41
  3. "Blues for Willarene" – 7:08
  4. "Baby's Minor Lope" (Baby Face Willette) – 7:19
  5. "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Porter Grainger) – 4:26
  6. "A Wee Bit O'Green" – 7:49

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard May 15, 1961
  2. ^ "Grant Green Catalog", JazzDisco.org, accessed September 14, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review, accessed September 14, 2010.
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