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Nigeria (album)

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Released
  
1980

Length
  
37:24

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue Note LT 1032

Recorded
  
January 13, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Nigeria is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980. The tracks were also released in 1997 as part of The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Just classic Green".

Track listing

  1. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) - 7:32
  2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 10:22
  3. "I Concentrate on You" (Porter) - 5:48
  4. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:56
  5. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein II, Kern) - 7:46

Personnel

  • Grant Green - guitar
  • Sonny Clark - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Art Blakey - drums

    • References

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