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I Want to Hold Your Hand (album)

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Released
  
Late May 1966

Length
  
41:30

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note

Recorded
  
March 31, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

I Want to Hold Your Hand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Even with all the straightforward pop overtones of much of the material, the quartet's playing is still very subtly advanced, both in its rhythmic interaction and the soloists' harmonic choices. Whether augmented by an extra voice or sticking to the basic trio format, the Green/Young/Jones team produced some of the most sophisticated organ/guitar combo music ever waxed, and I Want to Hold Your Hand is the loveliest of the bunch".

Track listing

  1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 7:23
  2. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 7:14
  3. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:29
  4. "Corcovado (Quiet Nights)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 5:59
  5. "This Could Be the Start of Something" (Steve Allen) – 7:08
  6. "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) – 7:17

Personnel

  • Grant Green - guitar
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 6)
  • Larry Young - organ
  • Elvin Jones - drums

    • References

    I Want to Hold Your Hand (album) Wikipedia
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