GRANT GREEN "MATADOR" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VV, LE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED
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GRANT GREEN "MATADOR"
MUSIC MATTERS,2 L P'S, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES. RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE ANALOG MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1960'S, GRANT GREEN WAS THE HOUSE GUITARIST AT BLUE NOTE. HIS SINGLE-NOTE LINES HAD THE POWER OF A SAXOPHONIST, HE DISPLAYED HIS OWN BRAND OF SOUL, AND HE WAS SO VERSATILE THAT HE WAS A PERFECT FIT WITH SOULFUL ORGAN COMBOS, POST BOP GROUPS AND ALL-STAR STRAIGHT AHEAD BANDS, EVEN RECORDING LATIN MUSIC, SPIRITUALS AND A WESTERN-THEMED ALBUM"
"FOR 1964'S "MATADOR", GREEN SHOWED A LOT OF COURAGE, PERFORMING "MY FAVORITE THINGS" IN A QUARTET WITH MCCOY TYNER, BOB CRANSHAW AND ELVIN JONES. ANY OTHER GUITARIST WOULD SOUND FOOLHARDY IN THAT SETTING, BUT GREEN CAME UP WITH HIS OWN IDEAS, CREATING A DIFFERENT SPIN ON JOHN COLTRANE'S TRADEMARK SONG. IT IS PROOF THAT ON THE GUITAR, GREEN WAS ON THE LEVEL OF A MCCOY TYNER AND AN ELVIN HAYES ON THEIR INSTRUMENTS."
"HE WAS AN INNOVATOR WHO BLAZED HIS OWN PATH, CREATED MUSIC THAT HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE, AND ALWAYS REMAINED IMPOSSIBLE TO PIN DOWN AS P[LAYING IN ONLY ONE STYLE. "MATADOR", WHICH FEATURES GRANT GREEN AND HIS PEERS, IS ONE OF THE MOST VITAL AND TIMELESS RECORDINGS."
1) MATADOR 2) MY FAVORITE THINGS 3) GREEN JEANS 4) BEDOUIN
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