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Carryin' On

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Released
  
Spring 1970

Artist
  
Grant Green

Producer
  
Francis Wolff

Genres
  
Jazz, Jazz-funk

Length
  
37:49

Release date
  
1969

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
October 3, 1969 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Carryin' On (1969)
  
Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Similar
  
Grant Green albums, Jazz albums

Grant green ease back


Carryin' On is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label. The album marked Green's return to the Blue Note label and embracing a jazz-funk style that he would play for the rest of his life.

Contents

Grant green carryin on 1969 track a1 ease back


Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 3 stars and stated "While it won't win over fans of Green's older work, Carryin' On is a solid addition to any acid-jazz/funk/rare-groove library, as are most of Green's albums from this period".

Track listing

  1. "Ease Back" (Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr.) – 5:49
  2. "Hurt So Bad" (Bobby Hart, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Wilding) – 6:51
  3. "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself)" (James Brown) – 6:14
  4. "Upshot" (Grant Green) – 10:04
  5. "Cease the Bombing" (Neal Creque) – 8:51

Personnel

  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Claude Bartee – tenor saxophone
  • Willie Bivens – vibes
  • Earl Neal Creque (track 5), Clarence Palmer (tracks 1-4) – electric piano
  • Jimmy Lewis – electric bass
  • Leo Morris – drums
  • Songs

    1Ease Back5:47
    2Hurt So Bad6:47
    3I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing5:52

    References

    Carryin' On Wikipedia