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Grant Green Grant's First Stand (FLAC+CUE) Reup
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Grant Green Grant's First Stand (FLAC+CUE) Reup (Size: 244.96 MB) (Files: 11)
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Grant Green - Grant's First Stand (FLAC+CUE) Reup
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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. The influence of the blues on both Green and Willette is strong and, while that's far and away the dominant flavor of the session, Green also displays his unique bop phrasing (learned by studying horn players' lines, rather than other guitarists) to fine effect on his high-octane opener, "Miss Ann's Tempo," and Willette's "Baby's Minor Lope." Green's original blues "A Wee Bit O'Green" and "Blues for Willarene" are both memorable, particularly the former, and the two standards -- "Lullaby of the Leaves" and "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" -- are given smoky treatments soaked in bluesy, late-night atmosphere. Willette and Dixon both supply a tremendous rhythmic drive, and Willette's solos burn with gospel fervor. This same trio performed together on Willette's Stop and Listen album, with equally heated results. None of Green's contemporaries used the single-note style (Green rarely played chords, leaving that to the organ or piano) to quite the same degree, making him a unique voice on his instrument. And his terrific debut pegged him as an up-and-comer to watch closely.
Personnel:
Grant Green Trio
"Baby Face" Willette (org) Grant Green (g) Ben Dixon (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 28, 1961
Track Listing:
01 Miss Ann's Tempo
02 Lullaby of the Leaves
03 Blues for Willareen
04 Baby's Minor Lope
05 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
06 A Wee Bit O'Green
