Green Street (album) explained

Green Street
Type:	Album
Artist:	Grant Green
Cover:	Green Street (album).jpg
Released:	October 1961^[1]
Recorded:	April 1, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz, post-bop
Length:	39:19
Label:	Blue Note BST 84071
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Grant Green
Prev Title:	Grant's First Stand
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Sunday Mornin'
Next Year:	1961

Green Street is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1961.^[2] Green is backed by bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Dave Bailey. The CD reissue features two alternate takes from the same session as bonus tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Green Street stands as one of Grant Green's best recordings of many he produced in the ten prolific years he was with the Blue Note label".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

1. "No. 1 Green Street" – 7:20
2. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:04
3. "Grant's Dimensions" – 7:56
4. "Green with Envy" – 9:46
5. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 7:13

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

6. "Green with Envy" [Alternate take] – 7:55
7. "Alone Together" [Alternate take] – 6:56

Personnel

• Grant Green – guitar
• Ben Tucker – bass
• Dave Bailey – drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=mCAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Grant+Green+Green+Street+4071&pg=PA41 Billboard Oct 16, 1961
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/grant-green/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4071 Grant Green discography
3. Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151884|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 14, 2010