Artist: 
Grant Green

Nigeria

Tone Poet Vinyl
€37,99

Release date: 28 February 2020

Article Number: 132755000

Material: Vinyl

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on 13th January 1962 but not originally released until 1980. Classic ‘lost’ hard-bop album from the guitar legend. Featuring an all-star band of Sonny Clark (piano), Art Blakey (drums) and Sam Jones (bass). Repertoire includes Sonny Rollins’ ‘Airegin’, a brilliant take on Ira & George Gershwins’ ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’, Cole Porter’s ‘I Concentrate On You’ and Kern/Hammerstein’s ‘The Song Is You’. Produced by BN co-founder Alfred Lion. Liner notes by renowned pianist/vocalist Ben Sidran and session photography by Steve Smith.

Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tapes, 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering is by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl is manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI).

Tracklist:

A1. Airegin- 7:32
A2. It Ain't Necessarily So - 10:22
B1. I Concentrate on You - 5:48
B2. The Things We Did Last Summer - 5:56
B3. The Song Is You - 7:46

Grant Green (guitar), Sonny Clark (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Art Blakey (drums)
 

 

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Format Album
Release Date 2020
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"

Tracklist

  1. 1. Airegin
  2. 2. It Ain't Necessarily So