Guitarist Grant Green is known for laid back non-chordal
single note playing. He was underrated during his life,
but is now seen as one of the greatest guitarists of his
era. Green was born June 6, 1935. He first played professionally
in the late 1950s with Jimmy Forrest, and then Harry Edison
and Lou Donaldson. His recording debut was in 1960 on organist
Brother Jack McDuff's The Honeydripper. Green collaborated
with many organists and was best known for playing in organ/guitar/drum
combos. In the '60s and '70s he also recorded with Stanley
Turrentine, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Yusef
Lateef, Elvin Jones, and many others. His drug addiction
side tracked him throughout his career and Green died in
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1960s Albums and CDs
1961 Grant's First Stand Blue Note
1961 Green Blues Muse
1961 Reaching Out 1201 Music
1961 Green Street Blue Note
1961 Sunday Mornin' Blue Note
1961 Grantstand Blue Note
1961 Remembering Blue Note
1961 Born to Be Blue Blue Note
1961 Gooden's Corner Blue Note
1962 Nigeria Blue Note
1962 Oleo Blue Note
1962 The Latin Bit Blue Note
1962 Goin' West Blue Note
1962 Feelin' the Spirit Import
1963 Am I Blue? Blue Note
1963 Idle Moments Blue Note
1964 Matador Blue Note
1964 Solid Blue Note
1964 Talkin' About! Toshiba-EMI
1964 Street of Dreams Blue Note
1965 I Want to Hold Your Hand Blue Note
1965 His Majesty, King Funk Verve
1967 Iron City Savoy Jazz
1969 Carryin' On Blue Note
1970s Albums
and CDs
1970 Green Is Beautiful Toshiba
1970 Alive! Blue Note
1971 Visions Blue Note
1971 Shades of Green Blue Note
1971 The Final Comedown Blue Note
1972 Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note
1976 The Main Attraction Kudu
1978 Easy Classic World
1960s
Compilation Albums and CDs
1960 First Session Blue Note
1961 Have Guitar, Will Travel Blue Note
1961 Jazz Profile Blue Note
1961 Standards Blue Note
1961 The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 1 Blue Note
1961 The Complete Blue Note with Sonny Clark Mosaic
1961 The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark Blue Note
1970s-00s
Compilation Albums and CDs
1971 The Best of Grant Green, Vol. 2 Blue Note
1987 Last Session Atlantic
1995 His Majesty, King Funk/Up With Donald Byrd Verve
1998 Blue Breakbeats Blue Note
1999 Blues for Lou Blue Note
2002 Ballads Blue Note
2002 Retrospective Blue Note
2004 For the Funk of It: The original Jam Master, Vol. 2 Blue Note
2005 For the Funk of It: The original Jam Master, Vol. 3 Blue Note
2005 The original Jam Master, Vol. 1: Ain't It Funky Now! Blue Note
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