Green Is Beautiful
1970 studio album by Grant Green
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Green Is Beautiful is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.[4]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 30, 1970 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Green Is Beautiful finds the guitarist growing more comfortable with harder, funkier R&B than he seemed on the softer-hued Carryin' On... Green Is Beautiful proves that Green's reinvention as a jazz-funk artist wasn't the misguided disaster it was initially made out to be".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ain't It Funky Now" | James Brown | 9:58 |
| 2. | "A Day in the Life" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 9:02 |
| 3. | "The Windjammer" | Neal Creque | 5:42 |
| 4. | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 6:46 |
| 5. | "Dracula" | Creque | 6:05 |
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 30, 1970
Personnel
- Grant Green - guitar
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet
- Claude Bartee - tenor saxophone
- Neal Creque (track 3), Emmanuel Riggins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) - organ
- Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Candido Camero - conga
- Richie "Pablo" Landrum - bongos