Grant Green — Retrospective 1961-66 [4CD, 2002/FLAC]

 Simply put, this is a very decent four-disc collection of the work of guitarist Grant Green. It features tracks from his many albums as a leader and some as a sideman with others, such as Lee Morgan, John Patton, Baby Face Willette, and Sonny Clark. His early-'60s sides are here along with most of his defining cuts from the '60s, from hard bop to soul-jazz to ballads to gospel -- everything most fans would ever want is here, including his late blues sides recorded in the bars of Detroit in 1970. While Green's own albums can never be replaced, this is a solid portrait of one of the most influential jazz guitarists in history. 

Grant Green & Baby Face Willette - Trio/Quartet - Complete Recordings (2 CD, 2014/FLAC)

 Digitally re-mastered two CD set containing all of Grant Green and Baby Face Willette's collaborative albums as leaders. Recorded in 1961-62, they consist of the LP GRANT'S FIRST STAND, issued under the guitarist's name, and Baby Face Willette's albums FACE TO FACE and STOP AND LISTEN. Other than their three LPs as leaders, Green and Willette only recorded together on Lou Donaldson's album HERE 'TIS, from which we have added the title song, a long blues, as a bonus.

 

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4176-4185]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4176- Dexter Gordon- 1964- One Flight Up {RVG Remaster}
BN.4177- Grachan Moncur III- 1964- Some Other Stuff {RVG Remaster}
BN.4178- Blue Mitchell- 1964- The Thing To Do {RVG Remaster}
BN.4179- Jackie McLean- 1964- It's Time
BN.4180- Anthony Williams- 1964- Life Time {RVG Remaster}
BN.4181- Kenny Dorham- 1964- Trompete Toccata {RVG Remaster}
BN.4182- Wayne Shorter- 1964- JUJU {RVG Remaster}
BN.4183- Grant Green- 1964- Talkin' About
BN.4184- Sam Rivers- 1964- Fuchsia Swing Song {RVG Remaster}
BN.4185- Horace Silver- 1964- Song For My Father {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4151-4160]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4151- Andrew Hill- 1963- Black Fire {RVG Remaster}
BN.4152- Joe Henderson- 1963- Our Thing {RVG Remaster}
BN.4153- Grachan Moncur III- 1963- Evolution {RVG Remaster}
BN.4154- Grant Green- 1963- Idle Moments {RVG Remaster}
BN.4155- The Three Sounds- 1962- Black Orchid (with bonuses)
BN.4156- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1961- The Freedom Rider {RVG Remaster}
BN.4157- Lee Morgan- 1963- The Sidewinder {RVG Remaster}
BN.4158- Freddie Roach- 1963- Good Move!
BN.4159- Andrew Hill- 1964- Judgment! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4160- Andrew Hill- 1963- Smokestack {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4126-4140]

 

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4126- Herbie Hancock- 1963- My Point Of View {RVG Remaster}
BN.4127- Kenny Dorham- 1963- Una Mas {RVG Remaster}
BN.4129- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- Never Let Me Go {RVG Remaster}
BN.4130- John Patton- 1963- Along Came John
BN.4131- Horace Silver- 1963- Silver's Serenade {RVG Remaster}
BN.4132- Grant Green- 1962- Feelin' The Spirit {RVG Remaster}
BN.4133- Dexter Gordon- 1962- A Swingin' Affair {RVG Remaster}
BN.4134- Horace Parlan- 1963- Happy Frame of Mind
BN.4135- Freddie Hubbard- 1962- Here To Stay {RVG Remaster}
BN.4136- Solomon Ilori- 1963- African High Life
BN.4137- Jackie McLean- 1963- One Step Beyond {RVG Remaster}
BN.4139- Grant Green- 1963- Am I Blue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4140- Joe Henderson- 1963- Page One {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4086-4100]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4086- Grant Green- 1961- Grantstand {RVG Remaster}
BN.4087- Leo Parker- 1961- Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
BN.4088- The Three Sounds- 1960- Here We Come
BN.4089- Jackie McLean- 1961- A Fickle Sonance {RVG Remaster}
BN.4090- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1961- Mosaic {RVG Remaster}
BN.4091- Sonny Clark- 1961- Leapin' and Lopin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4092- Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland- 1961- The Golden 8
BN.4093- Ike Quebec- 1961- Heavy Soul {RVG Remaster}
BN.4094- Fred Jackson- 1962- Hootin' 'N Tootin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4095- Leo Parker- 1961- Rollin' with Leo {RVG Remaster}
BN.4096- Stanley Turrentine- 1962- That's Where It's At {RVG Remaster}
BN.4097- Art Blakey- 1962- The African Beat
BN.4098- Ike Quebec- 1961- Blue and Sentimental {RVG Remaster}
BN.4099- Grant Green- 1961- Sunday Morning {RVG Remaster}
BN.4100- Jimmy Smith- 1962- Plays Fats Waller {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4061-4070]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4061- Donald Byrd- 1960- At the Half Note Cafe vol.2 {RVG Remaster}
BN.4062- Horace Parlan- 1960- Headin' South {RVG Remaster}
BN.4063- Kenny Dorham- 1961- Whistle Stop {RVG Remaster}
BN.4064- Grant Green- 1961- Grant's First Stand {RVG Remaster}
BN.4065- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Comin' Your Way
BN.4066- Lou Donaldson- 1961- Here 'Tis {RVG Remaster}
BN.4067- Jackie McLean- 1961- Bluesnik {RVG Remaster}
BN.4068- Baby Face Willette- 1961- Face To Face {RVG Remaster}
BN.4069- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Up at Minton's Vol.1
BN.4070- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Up at Minton's Vol.2

Grant Green — The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (2 CD, 1997/FLAC)

 

The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark is a 1997 compilation album by jazz guitarist Grant Green, collecting together all the tracks from a series of albums he recorded with pianist Sonny Clark in 1961 and '62.

The original material was shelved until after Clark's death in 1963 and Grant's death in 1979, and was first issued only in Japan as the albums Nigeria, Oleo and Gooden's Corner. The collection also includes one additional tune, "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)", and alternative takes of "Airegin" and "Oleo", all recorded during the same sessions.

Larry Young - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Larry Young (6 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 Larry Young, one of the most significant jazz organists to emerge after the rise of Jimmy Smith, is heard on this limited-edition six-CD set at the peak of his creativity. Formerly available as nine LPs, the set includes the original Larry Young albums Into Somethin', Unity, Of Love and Peace, Contrasts, Heaven on Earth, and Mother Ship, while drawing from the compilations 40 Years of Jazz, The History of Blue Note (Dutch), The World of Jazz Organ (Japanese), and The Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection Volume Two: The Jazz Message, and also including guitarist Grant Green's Talkin' About, Street of Dreams, and I Want to Hold Your Hand. Young was still very much under Smith's influence on the first four sessions released as Talkin' About, Into Somethin', Street of Dreams, and I Want to Hold Your Hand (all featuring a trio with Green and drummer Elvin Jones plus guests Sam Rivers or Hank Mobley on tenor and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson). However, starting with the monumental Unity session (a quartet outing with Joe Henderson on tenor, trumpeter Woody Shaw, and Jones), Young emerged as a very advanced and original stylist in his own right. Young's final four dates (Of Love and Peace, Contrasts, Heaven on Earth, and Mother Ship) are generally pretty explorative and feature such notable sidemen as altoist James Spaulding and Byard Lancaster, guitarist George Benson, and trumpeter Lee Morgan along with some forgotten local players. This definitive Larry Young set is highly recommended. 

Grant Green & Sonny Clark - Complete Blue Note Recordings (4 CD, 1962/1990.FLAC)

Guitarist Grant Green and pianist Sonny Clark recorded together on five separate occasions during the 1961-1962 period, but virtually none of the music was released domestically until decades later. These performances were clearly lost in the shuffle, for the solos are of a consistently high quality, and the programs were well-paced and swinging. Now, the long-lost music (much of which had been previously available only in Japan) is saved for posterity on this Mosaic limited-edition four-CD box set. Green and Clark blend together well. Tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec joins their quartet for one session, and the final two numbers add Latin percussion. All of this music should be enjoyed by hard bop fans. Included are the Blue Note albums Gooden's Corner, Nigeria, Oleo, Born to Be Blue (with Ike Quebec), and unissued tracks.