| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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]
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
References
- ^ Billboard July 25, 1970
- ^ a b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Grant Green discography accessed September 17, 2010
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