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Am I Blue (album)

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Released
  
Late June 1964

Am I Blue (1963)
  
Idle Moments (1963)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
40:46

Artist
  
Grant Green

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 16, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Grant's First Stand, The Latin Bit, Blues for Lou, Goin' West, Talkin' About!

Am I Blue is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3½ stars and stated "Although certainly listenable enough, this is one of Grant Green's lesser efforts from the 1960s".

Track listing

  1. "Am I Blue" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) - 6:56
  2. "Take These Chains from My Heart" (Hy Heath, Fred Rose) - 6:12
  3. "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) - 7:39
  4. "Sweet Slumber" (Lucky Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) - 7:17
  5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 13:59

Personnel

  • Grant Green - guitar
  • Johnny Coles - trumpet
  • Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
  • "Big" John Patton - organ
  • Ben Dixon - drums

    • Songs

    1Am I Blue?6:56
    2Take These Chains From My Heart6:12
    3I Wanna Be Loved7:39

    References

    Am I Blue (album) Wikipedia
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