Grant Green (St. Louis, Missouri, 6 de junho de 1935 – Nova Iorque, 31 de janeiro de 1979) foi um guitarrista de jazz norte-americano.
Carreira
Gravando prolificamente para a Blue Note Records como líder e sideman, Green se apresentou no hard bop, soul jazz, bebop e expressões latinas ao longo de sua carreira. O crítico Michael Erlewine escreveu: "Um jogador severamente subestimado durante sua vida, Grant Green é um dos grandes heróis desconhecidos da guitarra jazz ... O toque de Green é imediatamente reconhecível – talvez mais do que qualquer outro guitarrista." O crítico Dave Hunter descreveu seu som como "lithe, loose, ligeiramente bluesy e rightely groovy".
Ele frequentemente se apresentava em um trio de órgão, um pequeno grupo com um órgão Hammond e um baterista. Além do guitarrista Charlie Christian, as principais influências de Green foram saxofonistas, particularmente Charlie Parker, e sua abordagem foi quase exclusivamente linear em vez de cordel. Ele raramente tocava guitarra rítmica, exceto como sideman em álbuns liderados por outros músicos.
A simplicidade e o imediatismo do tocar de Green, que tendia a evitar o cromatismo, derivaram de seu trabalho inicial tocando rhythm and blues e, embora ele tenha conseguido uma síntese desse estilo com o bop, ele era um habilidoso guitarrista de blues e funk e retornou a esse estilo em sua carreira posterior.
Discografia Fontes:"Grant Green Álbuns e Discografia". Artistdirect.com.
Como líder {| class="wikitable sortable" !Data da Gravação !Título !Selo !Ano de lançamento |- |1961-01 |Grant's First Stand |Blue Note |1961 |- |1961-03 |Reaching Out |Black Lion |1989 |- |1961-04 |Green Street |Blue Note |1961 |- |1961-06 |Sunday Mornin''' |Blue Note |1962 |- |1961-08 |Grantstand|Blue Note |1962 |- |1961-08 |Remembering|Blue Note |1980 |- |1960-11, 1961-10 |First Session|Blue Note |2001 |- |1961-12 |Gooden's Corner|Blue Note |1980 |- |1962-01 |Nigeria|Blue Note |1980 |- |1962-01 |Oleo|Blue Note |1980 |- |1962-03 |Born to Be Blue|Blue Note |1985 |- |1962-04, 1962-09 |The Latin Bit|Blue Note |1963 |- |1962-11 |Goin' West|Blue Note |1969 |- |1962-12 |Feelin' the Spirit|Blue Note |1963 |- |1963-05 |Am I Blue|Blue Note |1964 |- |1963-02, 1963-06 |Blues for Lou|Blue Note |1999 |- |1963-11 |Idle Moments|Blue Note |1965 |- |1964-05 |Matador|Blue Note |1979 |- |1964-06 |Solid|Blue Note |1979 |- |1964-09 |Talkin' About!|Blue Note |1965 |- |1964-11 |Street of Dreams|Blue Note |1967 |- |1965-03 |I Want to Hold Your Hand|Blue Note |1966 |- |1965-05 |His Majesty King Funk|Verve |1965 |- |1967 |Iron City!|Cobblestone |1972 |- |1969-10 |Carryin' On|Blue Note |1970 |- |1970-01 |Green Is Beautiful|Blue Note |1970 |- |1970-08 |Alive!|Blue Note |1970 |- |1971-01 |Live at Club Mozambique|Blue Note |2006 |- |1971-05 |Visions|Blue Note |1971 |- |1971-11 |Shades of Green|Blue Note |1971 |- |1971-12 |The Final Comedown|Blue Note |1972 |- |1972-04 |Live at The Lighthouse|Blue Note |1972 |- |1976-03 |The Main Attraction|Kudu |1976 |- |1978-04 |Easy|Versatile |1978
Como sideman 1959
Jimmy Forrest, All the Gin Is Gone (Delmark) Jimmy Forrest, Black Forrest (Delmark)
1960
Sam Lazar, Space Flight (Argo) Willie Dixon, Blues Roots Series, Vol. 12 (Chess)
1961
Lou Donaldson, Here 'Tis (Blue Note) Baby Face Willette, Face to Face (Blue Note) Baby Face Willette, Stop and Listen (Blue Note) Brother Jack McDuff, The Honeydripper (Prestige) Stanley Turrentine, Up at "Minton's" (Blue Note) Dave Bailey, Reaching Out (Jazztime) Hank Mobley, Workout (Blue Note) Horace Parlan, Up & Down (Blue Note) Brother Jack McDuff, Steppin' Out (Prestige) Brother Jack McDuff, Goodnight, It's Time to Go (Prestige) Stanley Turrentine, ZT's Blues (Blue Note) Lou Donaldson, A Man with a Horn (Blue Note) Sonny Red, The Mode (Jazzland) Sonny Red, Images (Jazzland) Ike Quebec, Blue & Sentimental (Blue Note)
1962
Joe Carroll, Man with a Happy Sound (Charlie Parker Records) Dodo Greene, My Hour of Need (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Elder Don (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Preach Brother! (Blue Note) Lou Donaldson, The Natural Soul (Blue Note)
1963
Lou Donaldson, Good Gracious! (Blue Note) Jimmy Smith, I'm Movin' On (Blue Note) Jimmy Smith, Special Guests (Blue Note [rel. 1984]) Booker Ervin, Back from the Gig (Blue Note) Herbie Hancock, My Point of View (Blue Note) Horace Parlan, Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, Along Came John (Blue Note) Gloria Coleman, Soul Sisters (Impulse!) Harold Vick, Steppin' Out! (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, Blue John (Blue Note) Don Wilkerson, Shoutin (Blue Note) George Braith, Two Souls in One (Blue Note) Mary Lou Williams, Black Christ of the Andes (Saba/MPS) George Braith, Soulstream (Blue Note) Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker (Blue Note)
1964
Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land (Blue Note) George Braith, Extension (Blue Note) "Big" John Patton, The Way I Feel (Blue Note) Larry Young, Into Somethin''' (Blue Note) Donald Byrd, I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note)
1965
Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Joe's Blues (Verve) Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Wings & Things (Verve) Grassella Oliphant, The Grass is Greener (Atlantic) "Big" John Patton, Oh Baby! (Blue Note) Art Blakey, Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight) Lou Donaldson, Musty Rusty (Cadet) "Big" John Patton, Let 'em Roll (Blue Note)
1966
George Braith, Laughing Soul (Prestige) "Big" John Patton, Got a Good Thing Goin (Blue Note) Stanley Turrentine, Rough 'n' Tumble (Blue Note)
1969
Rusty Bryant, Rusty Bryant Returns (Prestige) Charles Kynard, The Soul Brotherhood (Prestige) Reuben Wilson, Love Bug (Blue Note) Don Patterson, Brothers-4 (Prestige) Don Patterson, Donny Brook (Prestige) Don Patterson, Tune Up! (Prestige)
1970
Charles Kynard, Afro-Disiac (Prestige) Fats Theus, Black Out (CTI) Houston Person, Person to Person! (Prestige)
1973
Houston Person, The Real Thing (Eastbound)
Ligações externas
Grant Green discography project Grant Green discography at Jazzlists Playing Jazz Guitar in the Style of Grant Green
Green, Grant