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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 01, 2026
Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with Blue & Sentimental an album by American jazz saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded for Blue Note on December 16 & 23, 1961 and released the following year. The album features a quartet made up of Quebec (occasionally doubling on piano), guitarist Grant Green, and rhythm section Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. The album features rare rhythm guitar accompaniment by Green, who was more typically a soloist. The AllMusic review by Steve Huey calls Blue & Sentimental "a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads" and "a quiet, sorely underrated masterpiece".[4] In 2004, critic Richard Cook wrote that the album "might be Quebec's masterpiece" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwf9NnOQ03k&list=OLAK5uy_l4I1mw03e57sIv-9VXdv7e1HonWFQtdCU #IkeQuebec #GrantGreen #PaulChambers #PhillyJoeJones #Jazz #BlueNote #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Green Is Beautiful is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. 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". - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL8NuQZWXnI&list=OLAK5uy_kRTGSbXj3oUyw6vseRCT8e9JEsoKXu9-8 #GrantGreen #BlueNote #Jazz #Funk #JamesBrown #TheBeatles #JazzGuitar #Music
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 06, 2026
Goin' West is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1969. It is a loose concept album inspired by Western music. It features pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Billy Higgins. The All About Jazz review by Colin Fleming stated "Goin' West, though nominally a country and western recording, moves us into the realm of folk music—bluegrass folk music and clippity-clappity cowboy tunes... Having said that, it would be hard to imagine Goin' West being a greater delight, a straight forward, unencumbered jazz delight—finesse jazz is a readily applicable moniker... Goin' West is an intriguing release nonetheless" - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a5DpNbwJe8&list=RD_a5DpNbwJe8&start_radio=1 #GrantGreen #BlueNote #HerbieHancocck #ReggieWorkman #BillyHiggins #Jazz #Country #Music #BlueNote
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@ratatosk@mastodonapp.uk · Mar 04, 2026
The Grass Is Greener by Grassella Oliphant released on Atlantic in 1967. Review by Stephen Cook ...With guitarist Grant Green and B-3 master John Patton completing the classic organ combo setup, the trio particularly stretch out on fine numbers like "Cantaloupe Woman" and Patton's own "Soul Woman." While these cuts are marked by a progressive, almost modal sound, much of the other material, which also features tenor saxophonist Harold Ousley and trumpeter Clark Terry, has a more down home and groove-heavy flavor; this is especially true on Terry's "Peaches Are Better Down the Road" and a cover of Allen Toussaint's classic bit of New Orleans soul, "Get Out of My Life Woman." Other standouts include a rendition of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" and Ousley's breezy Latin swinger "The Latter Days." A great set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8JfOvdKa-Q #GrassellaOliphant #ClarkTerry #JohnPatton #GrantGreen #Jazz #SoulJazz #Music
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