Grant Green – Visions – Blue Note Classic Series LP

Description

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series!
180g Vinyl LP!
Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes!
Pressed at Optimal!

Grant Green‘s Blue Note output was prolific through the early-’60s producing more than 20 hard bop and soul jazz sessions as a leader for the label between 1961-1965. By the time the guitarist returned to the label in 1969 his musical style had evolved to embrace jazz-funk and R&B as heard on his albumsCarryin’ OnandGreen Is Beautiful. After two searing live recording datesAlive!andLive at Club MozambiqueGreen returned to Van Gelder Studio in 1971 to recordVisions. Joining the guitarist wereBilly Wootenon vibes,Emmanuel Rigginson electric piano,Chuck Raineyon electric bass,Idris Muhammadon drums, and percussionistsRay ArmandoandHarold Caldwell. Green’s distinctive tone and melodicism elevate this varied program which includes interpretations of radio hits by Chicago (“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”), The Carpenters (“We’ve Only Just Begun”), and the Jackson 5 (“Never Can Say Goodbye”), as well as a surprising reinvention of Mozart’sSymphony No. 40 in G Minor. Other highlights of the set include the jazz-funk workout “Cantaloupe Woman” and an achingly beautiful rendition of Quincy Jones’ “Maybe Tomorrow,” which was later sampled on Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 track “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” fromGood Kid, m.A.A.d City.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Features

• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
• 180g Vinyl LP
• All-Analog Pressing
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes
• Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

Musicians

Selections

Side One:

1. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
2. Maybe Tomorrow
3. Mozart Symphony #40 in G Minor, K550, 1st Movement
4. Love on a Two Way Street

Side Two:

1. Cantaloupe Woman
2. We’ve Only Just Begun
3. Never Can Say Goodbye
4. Blues for Abraham