After posting “Shades of Green” the other day, I figured I would preview some vintage Grant Green. The guitarist is in prime form on this 1963 Blue Note release. The Duke Pearson penned title track is a stone-cold classic, as is the sextet’s take on the Modern Jazz Quartet’s timeless Django. Green and Pearson are joined by Blue Note stablemates Joe Henderson and Bobby Hutcherson, and while this is a rather large group session for Green at this point in his career, the players and song selection result in one of the great records of the hard bop era.
Released 1963 : Blue Note Records : Catalog # BLP 4154
Players:
Grant Green – Guitar
Joe Henderson – Tenor Sax
Duke Pearson – Piano
Bobby Hutcherson – Vibes
Bob Cranshaw – Bass
Al Harewood – Drums