I got married in 1969 and moved back to Brooklyn and by my house on 7th Ave and Flatbush ave there just opened a night club and I just happened to peek it and this guy is on a pedestal maybe 6 feet high in the middle of the club I didn't even see a band, It took me a minute to realize it was Grant Green because from his album covers you can't see how tall Grant was. I wore out Grants first Stand on Blue note so I knew immediately it was him!!!!!! Grant's playing on Search for a New land was unbelievable, I have not heard the way the guitar is used that way on those compositions.....
My friend and I drove from new haven to mikells on the upper west side in nyc to see grant perform..we were shocked to see the club almost empty..so we sat right up front and soaked in the magic..he was playing the funk vamps and r&b ballads..killing,then met him on the break..real nice guy too..
I loved Mikell's, and used to sit in front of Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale and just drink it in. Today, the place would be packed -- and the cover would be $60 -- because of the internet and the widespread knowledge of who's who. But still, the typical audience would be babbling on their i(diot)phones and taking their stupid pictures.
I worked with Lou Donaldson....he helped Grant get a recording with Blue Note. I heard all the stories while we toured Spain, I worked with Palmer wile I was at Ft.Bragg. Clarence shared a few stories. Lou and Lonnie told me they preferred IGrant over all others and more. I was lucky to hear true stories not sugar coated from non clones !
Oil Can's was a great club. Intimate Jazz room, Soul room...Great dance floor. Saw Miles, Pharaoh Sanders, Cannonball & a few other players. Did realize how great club was til after they closed. Oil Can's & The Commodore Ballroom brought in the best. Very cool scene. Being from Detroit, it was surprising how hip to these club patrons were.
This was beautiful. Thank you so much for putting all this together! I remember seeing these in the record stores a few years back. Hopefully I can still find them.
Wow! now that's a great way to do a record release... And a all too rare interview with G.G. himself. I must admit you had me at "Unreleased, live Grant Green" but the whole presentation and the way these 2 releases nicely bookend Grant's move with the times away from straight ahead Jazz to the infectious jazz/ R&B/Funk hybrid he manoeuvred (much better than say Wes or Pat Martino) is historically and we now know- musically valid. ( The guitar tone on the last tune! Whew.)Cheers.
That was good. I'm just a little stinky kid growing up in the 60's and less than a mile from my home Grant Green and many other great musicians were recording at Blue Note Records. Damn, I had no way of knowing but even as that little kid, if I had heard Grant Green playing at my age, I would have known, period.
There's not enough good to be said about Grant Green. I'm sad and angry however that he was as popular as Wes or Miles Davis etc...... Grant's style of playing the guitar is simply mesmerizing, the way he phrases those notes is just what truly made me want to study him. Rip Grant Green.....
I would love to buy these recordings, but your limited RSD distribution has really hurt fans and enabled opportunists asking extremely inflated prices on auction sites (which will undoubtedly lead to piracy) Thank you so much!
I got married in 1969 and moved back to Brooklyn and by my house on 7th Ave and Flatbush ave there just opened a night club and I just happened to peek it and this guy is on a pedestal maybe 6 feet high in the middle of the club I didn't even see a band, It took me a minute to realize it was Grant Green because from his album covers you can't see how tall Grant was. I wore out Grants first Stand on Blue note so I knew immediately it was him!!!!!! Grant's playing on Search for a New land was unbelievable, I have not heard the way the guitar is used that way on those compositions.....
My friend and I drove from new haven to mikells on the upper west side in nyc to see grant perform..we were shocked to see the club almost empty..so we sat right up front and soaked in the magic..he was playing the funk vamps and r&b ballads..killing,then met him on the break..real nice guy too..
I loved Mikell's, and used to sit in front of Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale and just drink it in. Today, the place would be packed -- and the cover would be $60 -- because of the internet and the widespread knowledge of who's who. But still, the typical audience would be babbling on their i(diot)phones and taking their stupid pictures.
love it man ✨ its always wonderful to hear these stories of the legends
Wish I could Double Thumbs Up this, Love Grant, too me, all phases of him, he's the BEST
The thing about Green is we have tons of recordings. Very lucky
Grant can make you laugh or cry with such eloquence, a true artist.
He has sure done good things for me.
The Best Jazz Guitar Player Ever,,to date.
THE premiere guitarist in my life. I was 18, and took every solo off the Idle Moements LP. I'm still feeling those notes!
Thanks for sharing this. I've just discovered Grant Green's music today and I'm in awe. I kinda feel his guitar talks to me.
The Master !!! We need more Grant Green footage. Read his book. It's Excellent !!!
Fantastic....Grant Green is one of my favorite guitar players.
I worked with Lou Donaldson....he helped Grant get a recording with Blue Note. I heard all the stories while we toured Spain, I worked with Palmer wile I was at Ft.Bragg. Clarence shared a few stories. Lou and Lonnie told me they preferred IGrant over all others and more. I was lucky to hear true stories not sugar coated from non clones !
Thanks for the video
Oil Can's was a great club. Intimate Jazz room, Soul room...Great dance floor. Saw Miles, Pharaoh Sanders, Cannonball & a few other players. Did realize how great club was til after they closed. Oil Can's & The Commodore Ballroom brought in the best. Very cool scene. Being from Detroit, it was surprising how hip to these club patrons were.
Fantastic video of a great guitarist and person.
makes me miss my pops and my grandad
This was beautiful. Thank you so much for putting all this together! I remember seeing these in the record stores a few years back. Hopefully I can still find them.
Thank you so much for releasing this material from a master.
Grant Green is one of the finest musicians that my ears have had the privelege to listen to. Nonpariel.
Grant Green jr. is also an amazing player🎸🎶
Wow! now that's a great way to do a record release... And a all too rare interview with G.G. himself. I must admit you had me at "Unreleased, live Grant Green" but the whole presentation and the way these 2 releases nicely bookend Grant's move with the times away from straight ahead Jazz to the infectious jazz/ R&B/Funk hybrid he manoeuvred (much better than say Wes or Pat Martino) is historically and we now know- musically valid. ( The guitar tone on the last tune! Whew.)Cheers.
It's cool that he was confident enough to say that he and Wes together are the two at the top of the guitar mountain, We all know it's true.
He was just 44 when he left us. Such a shame a great talent left us so early.
it's a beautiful album!
That was good.
I'm just a little stinky kid growing up in the 60's and less than a mile from my home Grant Green and many other great musicians were recording at Blue Note Records. Damn, I had no way of knowing but even as that little kid, if I had heard Grant Green playing at my age, I would have known, period.
A GEM THAT HAS SURFACED .....THANK GOD ....
There's not enough good to be said about Grant Green. I'm sad and angry however that he was as popular as Wes or Miles Davis etc...... Grant's style of playing the guitar is simply mesmerizing, the way he phrases those notes is just what truly made me want to study him. Rip Grant Green.....
hiphop turned me on to the godfathers of modern music. ...
Beautifully edited. Thankyou!
a true master.
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does anyone have the song at 9:00 ? thanks for the vid, fantastic!
Badasssss 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Grant Green Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery. Those are the three.
Gabor Szabo, David T Walker and ....
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My top 3 are benson green and norman brown
I would love to buy these recordings, but your limited RSD distribution has really hurt fans and enabled opportunists asking extremely inflated prices on auction sites (which will undoubtedly lead to piracy) Thank you so much!
The albums are being released on CD and digital on May 25, 2018.
Correction: I'm sad and angry that Grant Green WASN'T as popular as Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis etc etc.....
@@AFaceintheCrowd01 : Go fuck yourself.