Shades of Green (album)

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Released 1971 Length 37:06 Release date 1971 Genre Jazz		Recorded November 23 & 24, 1971 Artist Grant Green Label Blue Note Records

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Shades of Green is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars and stated "This is not the old Grant Green".

Track listing

"Medley: I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing, (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat" (James Brown) -
"Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) -
"Never My Love" (Donald Adrissi, Richard Addrisi) -
"Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) -
"California Green (Grant Green) -
"If You Really Love Me" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) -
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi) -
"In the Middle" (Alfred Ellis, Buddy Hobgood) -

Recorded at United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA on November 23 (tracks 1, 5 & 8), & November 24 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7), 1971 with horn overdubs recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 16 & 17, 1971

Personnel

Grant Green - guitar

Billy Wooten - vibes

Emmanuel Riggins - electric piano, clavinet

Wilton Felder - electric bass

Nesbert "Stix" Hooper - drums

King Errisson - conga

Harold Caldwell - percussion

Orchestra arranged by Wade Marcus

Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Victor Paz, Jimmy Sedlar - trumpet

Harry DiVito - trombone

Dick Hickson - bass trombone

Jim Buffington - french horn

Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, George Marge, John Leone - woodwinds

Songs

1I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) / Cold Sweat (medley)5:55
2Sunrise - Sunset4:12
3Never My Love4:35

References

Shades of Green (album) Wikipedia

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